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2 Corinthians 10:11

Integrity

9 I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
KJV
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
WEB
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
ASV
Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.
DARBY
Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present in deed.
BLB
Let such a one reckon this, that such as we are in word through letters being absent, also such [we are] in deed being present.
ÅB
Den som taler så, han må tenke seg det at slik som vi fraværende er i ord i våre brev, slik er vi og nærværende i gjerning.
OTB
Slike mennesker bør forstå at det vi er i våre brev når vi er fraværende, vil vi være i våre handlinger når vi er til stede.
B1930
Den som taler så, han må tenke sig det at slik som vi fraværende er i ord i våre brev, slik er vi og nærværende i gjerning.

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:2–3

    I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:19–20

    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

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