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For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be put to shame,
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that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
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For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.
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Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.