2 Corinthians 10:8-10 If, however, I were to boast more loudly concerning the authority which the Lord gave me (not to cast you down, but to build you up), I should have no cause for shame.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ If, however, I were to boast more loudly concerning the authority which the Lord gave me (not to cast you down, but to build you up), I should have no cause for shame. ⁹ Let it not seem as if I were overawing you with my letters. ¹⁰ "His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."