2 Corinthians 10:9

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Corinthians 10:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

so that I might not seem as if to frighten you⁺ through the letters.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Corinthians 10

⁷ You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

⁸ For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

⁹ I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

¹⁰ For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

¹¹ Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

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