2 Corinthians 10:9

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

In Context

8For though I should boast even, somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I would not be ashamed:

10For his letters, says one, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his style of speech contemptible.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:5So, then, judge nothing before the time, till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secret works of darkness, and will also make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall each have his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, says one, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his style of speech contemptible.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:8-12

The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but… Read the whole commentary →

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