[a](A)You are looking at [b]things as they are outwardly. (B)If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, have him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, (C)so too are we. For if (D)I boast somewhat [c]more about our (E)authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, [d]for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. 10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his [e]personal presence is (F)unimpressive and (G)his speech contemptible.” 11 Have such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

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Notas al pie

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at... or Do you look at...?
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Lit what is before your face
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly
  4. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem
  5. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak

You are looking blepō · ho at kata outward prosōpon appearances . If ei anyone tis has persuaded peithō himself heautou that he belongs eimi to Christ Christos, he should remind logizomai himself epi heautou that hoti just as kathōs he autos belongs to Christ Christos, so houtōs also kai do we hēmeis. For gar even te if ean I boast about kauchaomai it tis, and more than that perissoteros, about peri the ho authority exousia which hos the ho Lord kyrios gave didōmi us hēmeis for eis building oikodomē you up and kai not ou for eis tearing kathairesis you hymeis down, I will not ou be ashamed. I do not want to hina seem dokeō as hōs though I am trying to frighten ekphobeō you hymeis with dia my ho letters epistolē. 10 For hoti some are saying phēmi, “ His ho letters epistolē are weighty barys and kai forceful ischuros, but de his ho physical sōma presence parousia · ho is weak asthenēs, and kai his ho rhetoric logos amounts to nothing exoutheneō.” 11 Let logizomai such a person toioutos consider logizomai this houtos, · ho that hoti what hoios we are eimi in ho word logos through dia letters epistolē when absent apeimi, such toioutos we also kai are in ho act ergon when present pareimi.

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