2 Corinthians 10:7-11

New American Standard Bible

⁷^[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. ⁸For 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, ⁹^[d]for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. ¹⁰For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his ^[e]personal presence is ^(F)unimpressive and ^(G)his speech contemptible.” ¹¹Have 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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Footnotes

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

2 Corinthians 10:7-11

New King James Version

Reality of Paul’s Authority

⁷^(A)Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? ^(B)If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even ^[a]so ^(C)we are Christ’s. ⁸For even if I should boast somewhat more ^(D)about our authority, which the Lord gave ^[b]us for ^[c]edification and not for your destruction, ^(E)I shall not be ashamed— ⁹lest I seem to terrify you by letters. ¹⁰“For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but ^(F)his bodily presence is weak, and his ^(G)speech contemptible.” ¹¹Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present.