2 Corinthians 10:2

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹  according to human standards. ² 

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be towards some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.

I hope it won’t be necessary, but when I come I may have to be very bold with those who think we act from purely human motives.

Please don't force me to take a hard line when I'm present with you. Don't think that I'll hesitate a single minute to stand up to those who say I'm an unprincipled opportunist. Then they'll have to eat their words.

Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to human standards.

But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹  according to human standards. ² 

¹ tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

² tn Grk “according to the flesh.”