2 Korintus 10:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Bahkan, jikalau aku agak berlebih-lebihan bermegah atas kuasa, yang dikaruniakan Tuhan kepada kami untuk membangun dan bukan untuk meruntuhkan kamu, maka dalam hal itu aku tidak akan mendapat malu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Bahkan, jikalau aku agak berlebih-lebihan bermegah atas kuasa, yang dikaruniakan Tuhan kepada kami untuk membangun dan bukan untuk meruntuhkan kamu, maka dalam hal itu aku tidak akan mendapat malu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Karena jikalau aku memegahkan sangatpun atas kuasa kami, yang dikaruniakan Tuhan untuk membangunkan kamu dan bukan untuk merobohkan kamu, niscaya tiada aku dipermalukan,

Contextual Overview

⁷ Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he [is] of Christe, euen so [are] we of Christe. ⁸ For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame: ⁹ Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters. ¹⁰ For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude. ¹¹ Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

though: 2 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:3, 2 Corinthians 13:8, 2 Corinthians 13:10, Galatians 1:1

I should not: 2 Corinthians 7:14, 2 Corinthians 12:6, 2 Timothy 1:12

Reciprocal: Acts 9:31 - were edified 1 Corinthians 4:21 - shall 1 Corinthians 7:40 - I think 1 Corinthians 9:3 - them 2 Corinthians 3:1 - begin 2 Corinthians 5:12 - we 2 Corinthians 7:9 - that ye 2 Corinthians 12:19 - but 2 Corinthians 12:20 - and that Philippians 1:20 - in nothing 2 Thessalonians 3:15 - count Philemon 1:8 - enjoin

Cross-References

Micah 5:6
These shall subdue the lande of Assur with the sworde, and the lande of Nimrod with their naked weapons: Thus shall he deliuer vs from the Assirian when he commeth within our lande, and setteth his foote within our borders.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority,.... Than as yet he had done, or used to do; or rather the sense is, should he boast of a greater authority than the false apostles, or even than the true ministers of the Gospel in common had, he should not exceed the bounds of truth and modesty; for as an apostle he not only had an authority from Christ to preach the Gospel, and administer ordinances, but also had an extraordinary power of punishing offenders, as before observed:

which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for destruction; a power which no mere man, no creature, though ever so exalted, could have given; none but Christ, who is Lord of heaven and earth, and who has all power in his hands, could clothe with such authority as this; and which is given by him, though for the destruction of the flesh, or punishment of the body, yet for the salvation and good of the soul or spirit, as in the case of the incestuous person; and though sometimes for the destruction of the individual person or persons punished by it, as in the case of Ananias and Sapphira, yet for the edification, spiritual instruction, and welfare of the whole community or church, of which these were a part. So this authority was exercised on Hymenaeus and Philetus, that either they themselves might not learn to blaspheme, or cease to blaspheme Christ, or his apostles, or the truths of the Gospel; or that others might be deterred from such a practice; and so was for the edification of the one, or the other, and the preservation of the whole.

I should not be ashamed; as one that has told an untruth, or as a vain glorious man, who has made his boast of what he has not. The apostle signifies, that he should be able to make good such an assertion, should he think fit to mention it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For though I should boast ... - If I should make even higher claims than I have done to a divine commission. I could urge higher evidence than I have done that I am sent by the Lord Jesus.

Of our authority - Of my authority as an apostle, my power to administer discipline, and to direct the affairs of the church.

Which the Lord hath given us for edification - A power primarily conferred to build up his people and save them and not to destroy.

I should not be ashamed - It would be founded on good evidence and sustained by the nature of my commission. I should also have no occasion to be ashamed of the manner in which it has been exercised - a power that has in fact been employed in extending religion and edifying the church, and not in originating and sustaining measures suited to destroy the soul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 10:8. For, though I should boast, c.] I have a greater authority and spiritual power than I have yet shown, both to edify and to punish but I employ this for your edification in righteousness, and not for the destruction of any delinquent. "This," says Calmet, "is the rule which the pastors of the Church ever propose to themselves in the exercise of their authority; whether to enjoin or forbid, to dispense or to oblige, to bind or to loose. They should use this power only as Jesus Christ used it-for the salvation, and not for the destruction, of souls."