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2 Corinthians 10:9

7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

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.

11 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.

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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
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
KJV
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
WEB
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
ASV
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
DARBY
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
BLB
so that I might not seem as if to frighten you⁺ through the letters.
ÅB
for at jeg ikke skal synes slik som å ville skremme dere med mine brev.
OTB
slik at jeg ikke skal virke som om jeg prøver å skremme dere med mine brev.
B1930
forat jeg ikke skal synes likesom å ville skremme eder med mine brev.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 4:19–21

    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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  • 2 Corinthians 10:10

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

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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