I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.\par
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and {\i yet} true;
Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.