For it is said, ‘His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.’
2 Corinthians 10:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Let such a person consider this: What we are in our letters, when we are absent, we shall also be in our actions when we are present. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let such people realize that what we say by letters when we are absent, [we put] also into deeds when we are present– American Standard Version (1901) Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present. Common English Bible These people need to think about this—that when we are with you, our actions will show that we are the same as the words we wrote when we were away from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Let someone like this realize that whatever we are in word through epistles, while absent: we are much the same in deed, while present. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles, when absent, such also we will be indeed when present. |
For it is said, ‘His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.’
For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarrelling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.