8. For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given to us for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;
9. that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
10. because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.
11. Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such also present in deed.
12. For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.