"For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."
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And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
`because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'