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

¹⁰ For someone says, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ For they say, His letters are weighty and impressive and forceful and telling, but his personality and bodily presence are weak, and his speech and delivery are utterly contemptible (of no account).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ I know what some people are saying: “His letters are severe and powerful, but in person he is weak and his speech is worth nothing.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ For they say: "His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ (For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)

2 Corinthians 10:10 Cross References

Exodus 4:10

But Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.”

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel—and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!—

2 Corinthians 10:11

Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent we will also do when present.

2 Corinthians 10:9

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

2 Corinthians 11:21

To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.

2 Corinthians 11:6

Even if I am untrained in speech, I certainly am not with respect to knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful in you.