2 Corinthians 10:9
“That I may not seeme as if I would terrifie you by letters.”
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2 Corinthians 10:9 Context
7Doe ye looke on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himselfe, that he is Christs, let him of himselfe thinke this againe, that as he is Christs, euen so are we Christs. 8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority (which the Lord hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction) I should not be ashamed: 9That I may not seeme as if I would terrifie you by letters. 10For his letters (say they) are waighty and powerfull, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speach contemptible. 11Let such a one thinke this: that such as we are in word by letters, when we are absent, such will we be also in deede when we are present.
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Other Translations for 2 Corinthians 10:9
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
- King James Version
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
- American Standard Version (1901)
That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.
- Basic English Bible
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
- Darby Bible
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
- Webster's Bible
Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.
- Weymouth Bible
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
- World English Bible
But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis,
- Wycliffe Bible
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 10:9
10:9 I say this, that I may not seem to terrify you by letters - Threatening more than I can perform.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 10:9
2Co 10:9,10 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. His enemies said that his letters were weighty and stern, but his presence was very different. In other words, he terrified by empty threats.