^{8 Ref} For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

^{9 Ref} That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

^{10 Ref} For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

^{11 Ref} Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.