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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.

KJV

τοῦτο λογιζέσθω ὁ τοιοῦτος, ὅτι οἷοί ἐσμεν τῷ λόγῳ δι’ ἐπιστολῶν ἀπόντες, τοιοῦτοι καὶ παρόντες τῷ ἔργῳ.

Greek NT

hoc cogitet qui ejusmodi est, quia quales sumus verbo per epistolas absentes, tales et præsentes in facto.

Vulgate

Let 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.

ASV

Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles when absent, such also we will be indeed when present.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οἷος
oios
relative_pronoun · 14×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πάρειμι
pareimi
verb · 24×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ἄπειμι
apeimi
verb · 8×
ἐπιστολή
epistole
noun · 24×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 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
  • 2Cor 13:2 — 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
  • 2Cor 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.