2 Corinthians 10:10
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New International Version (©1984)
For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible."

International Standard Version (©2008)
For someone is saying, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I know that someone is saying that my letters are powerful and strong, but that I'm a weakling and a terrible speaker.

King James Bible
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

American King James Version
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

American Standard Version
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Bible in Basic English
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)

Darby Bible Translation
because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

English Revised Version
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Webster's Bible Translation
For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Weymouth New Testament
For they say "His letters are authoritative and forcible, but his personal presence is unimpressive, and as for eloquence, he has none."

World English Bible
For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

Young's Literal Translation
because the letters indeed -- saith one -- are weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

Geneva Study Bible

For his letters, say {g} they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

(g) He notes out those who were the cause of these words.

People's New Testament

10:9,10 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. His enemies said that his letters were weighty and stern, but his presence was very different. In other words, he terrified by empty threats.

Wesley's Notes

10:10 His bodily presence is weak - His stature, says St. Chrysostom, was low, his body crooked, and his head bald.

King James Translators' Notes

say they: Gr. saith he

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. letters-implying that there had been already more letters of Paul received by the Corinthians than the one we have, namely, First Corinthians; and that they contained strong reproofs.

say they-Greek, "says one," "such a one" (2Co 10:11) seems to point to some definite individual. Compare Ga 5:10; a similar slanderer was in the Galatian Church.

weak-(2Co 12:7; 1Co 2:3). There was nothing of majesty or authority in his manner; he bore himself tremblingly among them, whereas the false teachers spoke with authoritative bearing and language.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:7-11 In outward appearance, Paul was mean and despised in the eyes of some, but this was a false rule to judge by. We must not think that none outward appearance, as if the want of such things proved a man not to be a real Christian, or an able, faithful minister of the lowly Saviour.


1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
1 Corinthians 2:3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
2 Corinthians 11:6 But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.
2 Corinthians 12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me-- to keep me from exalting myself!
Galatians 4:13 but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time; (NASB ©1995)

Account Amounts Authoritative Bodily Body Contemptible Despicable Despised Eloquence Feeble Force Forceful Forcible Indeed Letters Naught Personal Powerful Presence Speaking Speech Strong Talking Way Weak Weight Weighty


For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

say they. Gr. saith he. 11

but. 1 12:5-9 1Co 2:3,4 Ga 4:13,14

and his. 11:6 Ex 4:10 Jer 1:6 1Co 1:17,21 2:1-4

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Alphabetical: amounts and are but contemptible For forceful he His in is letters nothing person personal presence say some speaking speech strong they to unimpressive weighty

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