9that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.


In Context

6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

10 For, |His letters,| they say, |are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.|

11 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.

2 Corinthians 10:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:9I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:9But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.