10 See, (A)I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
(B)To root out and to tear down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
(C)To build and to plant.”

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10 See, today I appoint you over nations(A) and kingdoms to uproot(B) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”(C)

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For if (A)I boast somewhat [a]more about our (B)authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly

So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us(A) for building you up rather than tearing you down,(B) I will not be ashamed of it.

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10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present (A)I need not use (B)severity, in accordance with the (C)authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(A) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(B)

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