2 Corinthians 10:7-12
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Look at the obvious facts.[a] Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do. 8 I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But our authority builds you up; it doesn’t tear you down. So I will not be ashamed of using my authority.
9 I’m not trying to frighten you by my letters. 10 For some say, “Paul’s letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are worthless!” 11 Those people should realize that our actions when we arrive in person will be as forceful as what we say in our letters from far away.
12 Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
--------------The thing to remember is that all Christians were anointed then so the idea of a great crowd following the anointed did not apply, they were all anointed. Of course, there was the issue of Jews and Gentiles that supposedly had been fixed.or the fact that women were still less than in the congregation. There was dissent and trouble even then as people can be. Some seemed to be jealous of Paul and tried to put him in his place. So he was saying they were comparing themselves with themselves or their friends, and of course they thought they were better. But elsewhere in the bible they had been told to use Christ as their model, all of them, because they all would fail to perfectly imitate. I am just explaining what others have said about this scripture. So if jws are not looking to Chirst as their model and comparing themselves with themselves (imperfect) or their friends (imperfect) how can they say they are better than the ones they are judging.
