⁷ You are looking at things according to appearance. If anyone is convinced he himself is Christ’s, he should consider this concerning himself again: that just as Christ himself is, so also are we. ⁸ For even if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down^[a], I will not be put to shame, ⁹ so that I do not want to appear as if I were terrifying you by my letters, ¹⁰ because it is said, “His letters are severe and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is of no account.” ¹¹ Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters when we^[b] are absent, we will also be in actions^[c] when we^[d] are present.