| | King James | Ostervald | American std |
| 1 | Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: | Au reste, moi Paul, je vous prie, par la douceur et la bonté de Christ, moi qui suis humble en votre présence, mais qui suis plein de hardiesse envers vous, quand je suis absent; | Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: |
| 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. | Je vous prie, quand je serai présent, que je ne sois pas obligé de me servir avec confiance de cette hardiesse, avec laquelle j'ai dessein d'agir contre quelques-uns qui nous regardent comme marchant selon la chair. | 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. |
| 3 | For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: | Car quoique nous marchions dans la chair, nous ne combattons point selon la chair. | For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh |
| 4 | (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) | En effet, nos armes de guerre ne sont pas charnelles, mais elles sont puissantes en Dieu, pour renverser les forteresses, | (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), |
| 5 | Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; | Pour détruire les raisonnements et toute hauteur qui s'élève contre la connaissance de Dieu, et pour amener toute pensée captive à l'obéissance de Christ; | casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; |
| 6 | And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. | Et nous sommes prêts à punir toute désobéissance, lorsque votre obéissance sera complète. | and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full. |
| 7 | Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. | Regardez-vous aux apparences? Si quelqu'un est persuadé en lui-même qu'il appartient à Christ, qu'il se dise aussi en lui-même, que comme il appartient à Christ, nous lui appartenons aussi. | Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ`s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ`s, so also are we. |
| 8 | 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: | Et quand même je me glorifierais encore davantage de la puissance que le Seigneur nous a donnée pour l'édification, et non pour votre destruction, je n'en recevrais point de honte; | 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: |
| 9 | That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. | Afin qu'on ne croie pas que je veuille vous intimider par mes lettres. | that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. |
| 10 | For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. | Car ses lettres, dit-on, sont sévères et fortes; mais quand il est présent, sa personne est faible, et sa parole méprisable. | For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account. |
| 11 | Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. | Que celui qui parle ainsi, considère que tels que nous sommes en paroles dans nos lettres, étant absents, tels aussi nous sommes en oeuvres, étant présents. | Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present. |
| 12 | For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. | Car nous n'osons pas nous égaler ou nous comparer à quelques-uns, qui se recommandent eux-mêmes; mais en se mesurant eux-mêmes par eux-mêmes, et en se comparant eux-mêmes avec eux-mêmes, ils se montrent sans intelligence. | For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. |
| 13 | But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. | Mais pour nous, nous ne nous glorifierons point outre mesure; mais dans la mesure du partage que Dieu nous a assigné, pour parvenir jusqu'à vous. | But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you. |
| 14 | For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: | Car nous ne nous étendons pas trop loin, comme si nous n'étions pas parvenus jusqu'à vous, puisque nous y sommes parvenus avec l'Évangile de Christ. | For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ: |
| 15 | Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, | Nous ne nous glorifions pas outre mesure, c'est-à-dire dans les travaux des autres; mais nous espérons que votre foi étant augmentée, nous nous étendrons beaucoup plus loin, dans le partage qui nous est assigné; | not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men`s labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance, |
| 16 | To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. | Pour prêcher l'Évangile dans les pays qui sont au-delà du vôtre; sans nous glorifier de ce qui a déjà été fait dans le partage des autres. | so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another`s province in regard of things ready to our hand. |
| 17 | But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. | Toutefois que celui qui se glorifie, se glorifie dans le Seigneur. | But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. |
| 18 | For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. | Car ce n'est pas celui qui se recommande lui-même, qui est approuvé, mais celui que le Seigneur recommande. | For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. |
