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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Myles Coverdale Bible
2 Corinthians 10:9
This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.
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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.
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible
for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by 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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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;
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contextual Overview
7 Loke ye on thinges after ye vtter appearauce?Yf eny man trust of himselfe yt he is Christes, let him thinke this also by himselfe, yt like as he is Christes, eue so are we Christes also. 8 And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame. 9 This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters. 10 For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude. 11 Let him yt is soche, thinke on this wyse, that as we are in worde by letters wha we are absente, soch are we also in dede whan we are 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
There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.
There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.
Genesis 6:11
Notwithstondinge ye earth was corrupte in ye sight of God, and full of myschefe.
Notwithstondinge ye earth was corrupte in ye sight of God, and full of myschefe.
Genesis 13:13
But ye men of Sodome were wicked, and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE.
But ye men of Sodome were wicked, and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE.
Genesis 25:27
And whan the boies were growne vp, Esau became an hunter, & an huÃbande man. As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt in the tentes.
And whan the boies were growne vp, Esau became an hunter, & an huÃbande man. As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt in the tentes.
Genesis 27:30
Now whan Isaac had made an ende of blessynge, and Iacob was scace gone out from his father Isaac, his brother Esau came from his huntinge,
Now whan Isaac had made an ende of blessynge, and Iacob was scace gone out from his father Isaac, his brother Esau came from his huntinge,
2 Chronicles 28:22
Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble,
Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble,
Psalms 52:7
Sela.The rightuous shal se this, & feare, and laugh him to scorne.
Sela.The rightuous shal se this, & feare, and laugh him to scorne.
Jeremiah 16:16
Beholde, (saieth the LORDE) I will sende out many fishers to take them, and after yt wil I sende out many hunters to hunte the out, from all mountaynes and hilles ad out of the caues of stones.
Beholde, (saieth the LORDE) I will sende out many fishers to take them, and after yt wil I sende out many hunters to hunte the out, from all mountaynes and hilles ad out of the caues of stones.
Ezekiel 13:18
& saye: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Wo be vnto you, that sowe pilowes vnder all arme holes, and bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde, to catch soules withall. For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in youre captiuyte, ye promyse them life,
& saye: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Wo be vnto you, that sowe pilowes vnder all arme holes, and bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde, to catch soules withall. For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in youre captiuyte, ye promyse them life,
Micah 7:2
There is not a godly man vpo earth, there is not one rightuous amoge me. They laboure all to shed bloude, & euery ma hunteth his brother to death:
There is not a godly man vpo earth, there is not one rightuous amoge me. They laboure all to shed bloude, & euery ma hunteth his brother to death:
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.
