2 Corinthians 10:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
In context
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.
2 Corinthians 10:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
- KJV King James Version
- That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
- WEB World English Bible
- that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
- DBY Darby Translation
- that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
- WBS Webster Bible
- That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.