so that I do not want to appear as if I were terrifying you by my letters, 10 because it is said, “His letters are severe and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is of no account.” 11 Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters when we[a] are absent, we will also be in actions[b] when we[c] are present.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are absent”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Literally “deed”
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are present”) which is understood as temporal