NET Bible
"Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present."
— 2 Corinthians 10:11, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles when absent, such also we will be indeed when present.”
“Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.”
“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.”
For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”
Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.
Paul’s Mission 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.
But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.
For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.