2 Corinthians 10:7-11

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⁷ Look^[a] at what is before your eyes. If you are confident that you belong to Christ, remind yourself of this, that just as you belong to Christ, so also do we.^{(A) 8} Now, even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.^{(B) 9} I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters. ¹⁰ For someone says,^[b] “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”^{(C) 11} Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent we will also do when present.