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2 Corinthians 10:11

Integrity

9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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.

12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto 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 fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:2–3

    I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:19–20

    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

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