2 Corinthians 10:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Say they

2 Corinthians 10:11

But

And his

1 Corinthians 2:1

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible References

Say they

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

But

Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

And his

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.

Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

Then I said, “Alas, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because I am a youth.”

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.

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

General references

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,