2 Cor 10:3-11

3For, although we are in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh,^* 4for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments^b 5and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ, 6and we are ready to punish every disobedience, once your obedience is complete.^c

7^d Look at what confronts you. Whoever is confident of belonging to Christ should consider that as he belongs to Christ, so do we.^* 8^e And even if I should boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put to shame. 9^* May I not seem as one frightening you through letters. 10For someone will say, “His letters are severe and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”^f 11Such a person must understand that what we are in word through letters when absent, that we also are in action when present.^g