I speak according to dishonor, as if we have been weak. But in whatever anyone dares (I say it in foolishness), I also dare.
Because, they say, the letters are weighty and strong, but the bodily presence is weak, and his speech being despised.
I would that you endured me a little in foolishness, but, indeed, endure me.
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this boldness of boasting.
Because of this, I write these things while absent, that being present I may not deal severelywith you according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for destruction.
through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;