KJV
ASV
2. yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

ESV
2. I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

ERVEN
2. They think our motives for what we do are like those of the world. I plan to be very bold against those people when I come. I hope I will not need to use that same boldness with you.

NLT
2. Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won't have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives.

WEB
2. Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

NET
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 according to human standards.

NLV
2. Do not make me speak strong words to you when I come. Some people think we want the things of the world because of what we do and say. I have decided to talk to these people if I have to.

HCSB
2. I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are walking in a fleshly way.

YLT
2. and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

LITV
2. but I ask, not being present, that I may be bold with the confidence which I think to be daring against some, the ones reckoning us as walking according to flesh.

RV
2. yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present shew courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, which count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

NCV
2. They think we live in a worldly way, and I plan to be very bold with them when I come. I beg you that when I come I will not need to use that same boldness with you.

MKJV
2. But I ask, not being present, that I may be bold with the confidence which I think to be daring against some, who thought of us as walking according to flesh.

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

LXXEN



KJV
2. But I beseech [you,] that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

AMP
2. I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers].

KJVP
2. But G1161 CONJ I beseech G1189 V-PNI-1S [ you G3588 T-ASN , ] that I may not G3361 PRT-N be bold G2292 V-AAN when I G3588 T-DSF am present G3918 V-PXP-NSM with that confidence G4006 N-DSF , wherewith G3739 R-DSF I think G3049 V-PNI-1S to be bold G5111 V-AAN against G1909 PREP some G5100 X-APM , which think G3049 V-PNP-APM of us G2248 P-1AP as G5613 ADV if we walked G4043 V-PAP-APM according G2596 PREP to the flesh G4561 N-ASF .

YLT
2. and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

ASV
2. yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

WEB
2. Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

NASB
2. I beg you that, when present, I may not have to be brave with that confidence with which I intend to act boldly against some who consider us as acting according to the flesh.

ESV
2. I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

RV
2. yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present shew courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, which count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

RSV
2. I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion.

NKJV
2. 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.

MKJV
2. But I ask, not being present, that I may be bold with the confidence which I think to be daring against some, who thought of us as walking according to flesh.

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

NRSV
2. 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.

NIV
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.

NIRV
2. I beg you that when I come I won't have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people. They think that I live the way the people of this world live.

NLT
2. Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won't have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives.

MSG
2. 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.

GNB
2. I beg you not to force me to be harsh when I come; for I am sure I can deal harshly with those who say that we act from worldly motives.

NET
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 according to human standards.

ERVEN
2. They think our motives for what we do are like those of the world. I plan to be very bold against those people when I come. I hope I will not need to use that same boldness with you.