2 Corinthians 10:10-12

10:10 because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak ¹  and his speech is of no account.” ²  10:11 Let such a person consider this: What we say ³  by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

Paul’s Mission

10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. ⁴ 

¹ tn Or “unimpressive.”

² tn Or “is contemptible”; Grk “is despised.”

³ tn Grk “what we are in word.”

⁵ tn Or “they are unintelligent.”