2 CORINTHIANS 10:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.”
Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present — Paul promises *correspondence* (*antistréphō*) between *graphē*, writing, and *ergon*, deed. Absentia and praesentia will prove congruent; his *logos* will be vindicated in *dynamis*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:11
“But that I may not seem as if I would terrify you: for his letters, say they, are weighty and strong: but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account. Let such a one reckon this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.” What he says is this: 'I could boast indeed, but that they may not say the same things again, to wit, that I boast in my letters, and am contemptible when present, I will say nothing…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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