I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.
For they say: "His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible."
I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me.
What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.
through honor and dishonor, despite good reports and bad, whether seen as deceivers or truth-tellers, whether ignored or acknowledged;