2 Corinthians 10:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Neither would I seem to be overawing or frightening you with my letters;

American Standard Version (1901)

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

Common English Bible

I don’t want it to seem like I’m trying to intimidate you with my letters.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But let it not be said that I am scaring you by means of epistles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,

2 Corinthians 10:9 Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For someone says, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 10:8

Now, even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.