9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. …
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)In these verses the apostle proceeds to reason the case with the Corinthians, in opposition to those who despised him, judged him, and spoke hardly of him: “ Do you ,” says he, “ look on things after the outward appearance ? 2 Cor. 10:7. Isa. this a fit measure or rule to make an estimate of things or persons by, and to judge between me and my adversaries?” In outward appearance, Paul was mean and…
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