2 Corinthians 10:2
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Berean Study Bible

I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

King James Bible

But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

Greek
I beg [you]
δέομαι (deomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1189: To want for myself; I want, need; I beg, request, beseech, pray. Middle voice of deo; to beg, i.e. Petition.

that
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

when I come,
παρὼν (parōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3918: From para and eimi; to be near, i.e. At hand; neuter present participle time being, or property.

I may not need to be
θαρρῆσαι (tharrēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2292: To be courageous, confident, of good cheer. Another form for tharseo; to exercise courage.

as bold
πεποιθήσει (pepoithēsei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4006: Confidence, trust, reliance. From the perfect of the alternate of pascho; reliance.

as
(hē)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I expect
λογίζομαι (logizomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3049: To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.

toward
ἐπί (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[those]
τινας (tinas)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

who
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

presume that
λογιζομένους (logizomenous)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3049: To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.

we
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

live
περιπατοῦντας (peripatountas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

according to
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] flesh.
σάρκα (sarka)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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