2 Corinthians 10:10

(For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

In Context

9But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,

11Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles, when absent, such also we will be indeed when present.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:6And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

1 Corinthians 1:21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe.

2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ, who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent, am bold toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:6For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things we have been made manifest to you.

Galatians 4:13And you know, how through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel to you heretofore: and your temptation in my flesh,

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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