Paul Defend Di Authority Wey Im Papa Give Am
The people wey dey criticise am talk say im letter get power but when e dey face to face e no impress anybody and im talk no mean anything. Paul answer say im weapon no be human weapon, e no gree join the rivals game wey dem dey measure demselves with demselves, and e stay inside the area wey our Papa give am.
10 1Na me, Paul, myself dey beg una, wit di quiet-heart and gentle way of Christ—me wey dey humble wen I dey stand face to face wit una, but I bold well-well wen I no dey near una. 2I dey beg say wen I come, make I no need to bold—wit di confidence wey I plan to use against dose people wey dey tink say we dey live by man own way. 3Because even doh we dey live inside dis body, we no dey fight war by man own way. 4Because di weapons wey we dey take fight no be ordinary man own weapon, but dem get power through our Papa to pull down strong-strong walls. 5We dey pull down argument and every proud ting wey dem raise against di knowledge of our Papa, and we dey catch every tought make e obey Christ. 6And we ready to punish every act of disobey, once una own obey don complete.
7Una dey look ting by wetin e resemble for eye. If person sure say na Christ own e be, make e consider dis one again: as e belong to Christ, na so we too belong. 8Because even if I brag small pass mark about di authority wey Oga give us—to build una up, no be to pull una down—shame no go catch me. 9I no wan make e look as if I dey try use my letter dem take frighten una. 10Because dem dey talk say, “Im letter dem heavy and strong, but wen e dey for body e weak, and im talk no worth anyting.” 11Make such person understand: wetin we talk for letter wen we no dey, na so we go do am wen we dey.
12We no dey brave enough to rank ourself or compare ourself wit some people wey dey praise demselves. As dem dey use demself measure demself, dey compare demself wit demself, dem no get sense. 13But we no go brag pass di mark, na only inside di measure of di area wey our Papa share give us—a measure wey reach even reach una. 14We no dey stretch too far, as if say we no reach una, because na we be di first to reach as far as una wit di gospel of Christ. 15We no dey brag pass mark inside oda people work, but we dey hope say as una faith dey grow, our area among una go spread well-well, 16so dat we fit preach di gospel for di regions wey pass una, wittout brag inside work wey dem don already do for anoda person territory. 17But “make di person wey dey brag, brag inside our Papa.” a a v17 Paul dey quote di prophet Jeremiah, wia di One wey person suppose brag inside Am na di Covenant God wey dey call imself Papa—so true brag no dey rest inside ourself but inside Am. 18Because no be di person wey dey praise imself dem accept, but na di person wey our Papa praise.
