2 Corinthians 10:9

But I forbear, lest I should be thought to terrify you terribly, by my epistles.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8For if I should glory somewhat more, in the authority which our Lord hath given me, I should not be ashamed; for he gave it to us for your edification, and not for your destruction.

10For there are some who say, His epistles are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore pronounce not judgments before the time, or until the Lord come, who will pour light upon the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the thoughts of men's hearts: and then will each one have due praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:10For there are some who say, His epistles are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is weak, and his 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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