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New American Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 10:9
for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
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Christian Standard Bible®
I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.
I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.
King James Version (1611)
That I may not seeme as if I would terrifie you by letters.
That I may not seeme as if I would terrifie you by letters.
King James Version
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
English Standard Version
I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.
I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.
New Century Version
I do not want you to think I am trying to scare you with my letters.
I do not want you to think I am trying to scare you with my letters.
Amplified Bible
nor do I want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters;
nor do I want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Legacy Standard Bible
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Berean Standard Bible
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
Contemporary English Version
And I am not trying to scare you with my letters.
And I am not trying to scare you with my letters.
Complete Jewish Bible
My object is not to seem as if I were trying to frighten you with these letters.
My object is not to seem as if I were trying to frighten you with these letters.
Darby Translation
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
Easy-to-Read Version
I don't want you to think that I am trying to scare you with my letters.
I don't want you to think that I am trying to scare you with my letters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.
This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.
George Lamsa Translation
But I am hesitant, lest I seem as if I were trying to frighten you with my letter.
But I am hesitant, lest I seem as if I were trying to frighten you with my letter.
Good News Translation
I do not want it to appear that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
I do not want it to appear that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
Lexham English Bible
so that I do not want to appear as if I were terrifying you by my letters,
so that I do not want to appear as if I were terrifying you by my letters,
Literal Translation
so that I may not seem to frighten you by letters.
so that I may not seem to frighten you by letters.
American Standard Version
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Bible in Basic English
That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.
That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.
Hebrew Names Version
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
International Standard Version
I do not want you to think that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
I do not want you to think that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
Etheridge Translation
9 But I insist not, [fn] that I may not be considered as one who would terrify you by my epistles.
9 But I insist not, [fn] that I may not be considered as one who would terrify you by my epistles.
Murdock Translation
But I forbear, lest I should be thought to terrify you terribly, by my epistles.
But I forbear, lest I should be thought to terrify you terribly, by my epistles.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.
Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.
English Revised Version
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
World English Bible
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That I may not seem to terrify you by letters.
That I may not seem to terrify you by letters.
Weymouth's New Testament
Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.
Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis,
But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis,
Update Bible Version
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Webster's Bible Translation
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
New English Translation
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
New King James Version
lest I seem to terrify you by letters.
lest I seem to terrify you by letters.
New Living Translation
I'm not trying to frighten you by my letters.
I'm not trying to frighten you by my letters.
New Life Bible
I do not want you to think I am trying to make you afraid with my letters.
I do not want you to think I am trying to make you afraid with my letters.
New Revised Standard
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That I may not seem as though I would be terrifying you through means of my letters;
That I may not seem as though I would be terrifying you through means of my letters;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,
But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,
Revised Standard Version
I would not seem to be frightening you with letters.
I would not seem to be frightening you with letters.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This saye I lest I shuld seme as though I went about to make you a frayde with letters.
This saye I lest I shuld seme as though I went about to make you a frayde with letters.
Young's Literal Translation
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.
This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but that I may not seem as if I would strike a terror in you by letters:
but that I may not seem as if I would strike a terror in you by letters:
THE MESSAGE
And what's this talk about me bullying you with my letters? "His letters are brawny and potent, but in person he's a weakling and mumbles when he talks." Such talk won't survive scrutiny. What we write when away, we do when present. We're the exact same people, absent or present, in letter or in person.
And what's this talk about me bullying you with my letters? "His letters are brawny and potent, but in person he's a weakling and mumbles when he talks." Such talk won't survive scrutiny. What we write when away, we do when present. We're the exact same people, absent or present, in letter or in person.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm not trying to be a bully with my letters.
I'm not trying to be a bully with my letters.
Contextual Overview
7 You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ's, have him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ's, so too are we. 8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, 9 for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.10 For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible." 11 Have such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
terrify: 2 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 4:19-21
Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 12:6 - above that 2 Corinthians 12:20 - and that
Cross-References
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the LORD.
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a civilized man, living in tents.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a civilized man, living in tents.
Genesis 27:30
Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting.
Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting.
2 Chronicles 28:22
Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Psalms 52:7
"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."
"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."
Jeremiah 16:16
"Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks.
"Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks.
Ezekiel 13:18
and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves?
and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves?
Micah 7:2
The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. Here seems to be something wanting, which is to be supplied, The sense is, though I might lawfully boast of the superior authority which we apostles have above other persons, in using sharpness with men insolent and hardened in sin; yet I will not, I forbear every thing of that kind, I drop it, I do not choose to insist upon it;
×××× ×× ×, "I overlook", or "neglect" it, "I do not care" to do it, as the Syriac version supplies it; and this he thought most prudent and advisable, lest he should give any occasion to the above calumny that he was bold, and blustering, and terrifying by his letters when absent, and only threatened that he had no power to perform.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That I may not seem ... - The meaning of this verse seems to be this. âI say that I might boast more of my power in order that I may not appear disposed to terrify you with my letters merely. I do not threaten more than I can perform. I have it in my power to execute all that I have threatened, and to strike an awe not only by my letters, but by the infliction of extraordinary miraculous punishments. And if I should boast that I had done this, and could do it again, I should have no reason to be ashamed. It would not be vain and empty boasting; not boasting which is not well-founded.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 10:9. That I may not seem, c.] This is an elliptical sentence, and may be supplied thus: "I have not used this authority nor will I add any more concerning this part of the subject, lest I should seem, as my adversary has insinuated, to wish to terrify you by my letters.
