2 Corinthians 10:8-11 For besides, if I should boast somewhat more excessively concerning our right out of Being and authority – which the Lord = Christ or Yahweh gives us, leading unto your upbuilding (your construction into being a house), not unto tearing down or demolition – I shall not be put to shame or be disgraced,

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ For besides, if I should boast somewhat more excessively concerning our right out of Being and authority – which the Lord [= Christ or Yahweh] gives us, [leading] unto your upbuilding (your construction into being a house), not unto tearing down or demolition – I shall not be put to shame or be disgraced, ⁹ so that I should not seem as ever to be terrifying you folks (or: as if to be constantly making you afraid) through the (or: [my]) letters. ¹⁰ "Because," one person is [other MSS: they are] constantly saying, "the letters [are] indeed weighty and strong (or: = severe and violent), but the presence of [his] body [is] weak, and the message has been collected from out of nothing (or: and [his] expression has been scorned)." ¹¹ Let such a person take this into account, that the kind of person we are in word through letters, being absent, such also [are we], being present, in action.