Because they say, “His letters are truly weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech amounts to naught.”
2 Corinthians 10:11 - The Scriptures 2009 Let such a one take this into account, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such we are also in deed when we are present. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let such people realize that what we say by letters when we are absent, [we put] also into deeds when we are present– American Standard Version (1901) Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present. Common English Bible These people need to think about this—that when we are with you, our actions will show that we are the same as the words we wrote when we were away from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Let someone like this realize that whatever we are in word through epistles, while absent: we are much the same in deed, while present. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles, when absent, such also we will be indeed when present. |
Because they say, “His letters are truly weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech amounts to naught.”
For we do not presume to count ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
For I fear lest, when I come, I do not find you such as I wish, and I be found by you such as you do not wish – lest there be strife, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, puffings up, unrests,
For this reason I write this in my absence, so that, being present I should not use sharpness, according to the authority which the Master has given me for upbuilding and not for overthrowing.