2 Corinthians 10:9 Parallel Translations
NASB: for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I don't want you to think that I'm trying to frighten you with my letters.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
ASV: that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
BBE: That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.
DBY: that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
ERV: that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
WEY: Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.
WBS: That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
WEB: that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
YLT: that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
2 Corinthians 10:9 Cross References
XREF:2 Corinthians 10:8 For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,

2 Corinthians 10:10 For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible." (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 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.
WES: 10:9 I say this, that I may not seem to terrify you by letters - Threatening more than I can perform.
MHC: 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.
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