For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”
2 Corinthians 10:11 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent, we will also do when present. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another, and compare themselves with one another, they do not show good sense.
For I fear that when I come, I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.