2 Corinthians 10:8-10 For if I boast somewhat excessively of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for pulling you down, I shall not be ashamed.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ For if I boast somewhat excessively of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for pulling you down, I shall not be ashamed. ⁹ Let me not seem as if meaning to frighten you by letters. ¹⁰ Because, "His letters," they say, "are mighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speaking amounts to nothing."