‘You look at (or ‘Look at') the things that are before your face. If any man trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.'
It was ‘before their face' (in their presence) that Paul was seen as lowly (2 Corinthians 10:1), so let them now consider what is ‘before their face', what is staring them in the face, that as his opponents trust that they are ‘Christ's' so do Paul and his associates. His opponents' claim to be ‘Christ's' might mean that they were signifying that they were totally Christ's because of their wonderful experiences of the Spirit, or that they had been earthly followers of Christ, in contrast with Paul. Or that they are claiming that they are subject to true Apostolic authority, the authority of those appointed by Christ. Whichever way, says Paul, I too am ‘Christ's', because I am totally His and subject to Him through the Spirit, and because He personally called me by name (Acts 9:4; Acts 9:6), and because I have been appointed an Apostle by the Apostles themselves and their representatives (Acts 13:2; Acts 15:22-26; Galatians 2:7-9). Let them consider this.