2 CORINTHIANS 10:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:”
So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed — Paul's *exousia*, authority, is *kosmikē*, given by the Lord, *eis oikodomen*, for *edification* (literally building up), not *kathaíresis*, demolition. Yet he will wield it *sharply* if necessary. Authority in Christ is constructive.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be put to shame. For since he was going to say somewhat great, observe how he softens it. For nothing does so offend the majority of hearers as for any one to praise himself. Wherefore to cut at the root of this offensiveness, he says, “For though I should glory somewhat abundantly.” And he did not say, 'if any man trust…
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