^{8 Ref} for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

^{9 Ref} that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

^{10 Ref} `because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

^{11 Ref} This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are' in deed.