Matthew Poole and continuators on 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 .

It is true (saith the Apostle) when I have been with you, I have made it my business to behave my self with all obliging sweetness, not using that Authority which I might have used; and I beseech you, as not to blame me for that, (remembring the meekness and gentleness of Christ) so by your conversation not to force me to another kind of conversation amongst you; that you would not constrain me to a severer behaviour towards you when I am present with you,

to be so free with some of you, as at present I am resolved to be; such, I mean, as have traduced me, as if I walked according to the flesh, that is, not guided by the holy Spirit of God, and the directions of his Word, but by some external, carnal considera[illegible: 1 letter]ions, respecting my own profit, pleasure, or reputation, indulging my own passions or corrupt affections. Walking after the flesh is opposed to a walking after the Spirit, Rom. 8.1. He walketh after the flesh, to whom the fleshly appetite is the Principle, Rule, and End of his Actions: as he, on the contrary, to whom those habits of Grace, which are wrought in the Soul by the holy Spirit, or the Spirit himself more immediately by his motions or impulses, are the Principle of his Actions; and the Word dictated by the Spirit, is the Rule of his Actions; and the Glory of God is the End of his Actions, is truly said to walk after the Spirit.

Marginal references: Or, reckon.