2 Corinthians 10:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.