2 Corinthians 10 · Verse 11

2 Corinthians 10:11

Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
2 Corinthians 10:11, King James Version

2 Corinthians 10:11 in other translations

BSBSuch people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
WEBLet such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
ASVLet such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
YLTThis one--let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, we are in deed.
DARBYLet such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such also present in deed.
BBELet 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.
WebsterLet such one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

What does 2 Corinthians 10:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. think this--"consider this." such will we be--or "are," in general, not merely shall we be at our next visit.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 11. Let such an one think this, etc. Let them not flatter themselves that there will be any discrepancy between my words and my deeds. Let them feel that all which has been threatened will be certainly executed, unless there is repentance. Paul here designedly contradicts the charge which was made against him; and means to say that all that he had threatened in his letters would be certainly executed, unless there was reform. I think that the evidence here is clear that Paul does not intend to admit what they said about his bodily presence to be true; and most probably all that has been recorded about his deformity is mere fable.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Such as we are in word - A threatening of this kind would doubtless alarm the false apostle; and it is very likely that he did not await the apostle's coming, as he would not be willing to try the fate of Elymas.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:7-11

In outward appearance, Paul was mean and despised in the eyes of some, but this was a false rule to judge by. We must not think that none outward appearance, as if the want of such things proved a man not to be a real Christian, or an able, faithful minister of the lowly Saviour.

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2 Corinthians 10:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοῦτοtoutoThisG3778
λογιζέσθωlogizesthōshould realiseG3049
ὁho<the>G3588
τοιοῦτοςtoioutostype of [person]G5108
ὅτιhotithatG3754
οἷοίhoioisuch asG3634
ἐσμενesmenwe areG1510
τῷtō<the>G3588
λόγῳlogōin wordG3056
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223
ἐπιστολῶνepistolōnlettersG1992
ἀπόντες,apontesbeing absent,G548
τοιοῦτοιtoioutoisuch [we are]G5108
καὶkaialsoG2532
παρόντεςparontesbeing presentG3918
τῷtō<the>G3588
ἔργῳ.¶ergōin action.G2041

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Corinthians 10:11

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:2-3

    I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:19-20

    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 the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
such.
12:20; 13:2,3,10; 1Co 4:19,20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Corinthians 10:10

    For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:11

    Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:12

    For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

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2 Corinthians 10:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Esto piense el tal, que cuales somos en la palabra por cartas estando ausentes, tales seremos también en hechos, estando presentes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qu’un tel homme estime que, tels que nous sommes en parole par nos lettres, étant absents, tels aussi nous sommes de fait, étant présents.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein solcher denke dieses, daß, wie wir abwesend im Worte durch Briefe sind, wir solche auch anwesend in der Tat sein werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		hoc cogitet qui ejusmodi est, quia quales sumus verbo per epistolas absentes, tales et præsentes in facto.