2 Corinthians 10:2

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.

Ver. 2. That I may not be bold ] That you necessitate me not. Non nisi coactus hoc facio, said that emperor that subscribed a warrant to put one to death.

With that confidence ] It was but confidence, but they made the worst of it, and called it boldness, Quam vitio verterunt. Evil will never speaks well.