2 Corinthians 10:2

δέομαι δὲ τὸ μὴ παρὼν κ. τ. λ.: nay (sc., “however that be,” δέ recommencing the sentence) I beseech you, that I may not (the use of the article with μή and the inf. is somewhat unusual; but cf. 2 Corinthians 2:1; Romans 14:13; τὸ adds emphasis to the thing asked), when present, shew courage with the confidence (almost = “peremptoriness”) wherewith I count on myself (mid., not passive) to be bold against some (for the vague τινες see on 2 Corinthians 3:1) which count of us as if we walked according to the flesh. His opponents charged him with low motives (cf. 2 Corinthians 2:17) which he will indignantly and sternly repudiate.