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2 Corinthians 10:9

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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 yet more of our authority, (which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction) I should not be ashamed:

10for his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:5Wherefore judge nothing before the time; even until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every one have praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:10for his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, 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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