1. But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.
2. So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.
3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.
4. For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel
5. and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,
6. and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.