因为有人说：“保罗的书信又严厉又强硬，但他亲身在的时候却是软弱的人，他的言语也被藐视。”

因为有人说：“他的信又沉重又厉害，及至见面，却是气貌不扬，言语粗俗的。”

因为有人说：“他信上的语气既严厉又强硬，他本人却软弱无能，言语粗俗。”

因为有人说：“他信上的语气既严厉又强硬，他本人却软弱无能，言语粗俗。”

因为有人说：“他信中的话有分量，很严厉，他本人却软弱无能，言语粗俗。”

因为有人说：“他的信又严厉又强硬，他本人却其貌不扬，言语粗俗。”

因為有人說：「他的信又沉重又厲害，及至見面，卻是氣貌不揚，言語粗俗的。」

因為有人說：「他信上的語氣既嚴厲又強硬，他本人卻軟弱無能，言語粗俗。」

因為有人說：「他信上的語氣既嚴厲又強硬，他本人卻軟弱無能，言語粗俗。」

因為有人說：「他信中的話有分量，很嚴厲，他本人卻軟弱無能，言語粗俗。」

因為有人說：“他的信又嚴厲又強硬，他本人卻其貌不揚，言語粗俗。”

因為有人說：「論他的書信倒有重量有魄力；及至身臨面對、卻是軟弱無力，說話又平淡可鄙」。

因為有人說：「保羅的書信又嚴厲又強硬，但他親身在的時候卻是軟弱的人，他的言語也被藐視。」

或謂我書嚴厲、晤對時則身柔言鄙、

有言我書嚴厲、及晤對時、身柔言鄙、

有人言、我書嚴厲、及至晤會時、身弱言陋、

頗聞人言：『彼之書札、雖雷厲風行；而彼之形軀、則柔弱無能、言語更無足輕重。』

For some say,“ His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”

Some say,“ His letters sound important. They are powerful. But in person he doesn’t seem like much. And what he says doesn’t amount to anything.”

For they say,“ His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”

For some say,“ Paul’s letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are worthless!”

For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.”

For they say,“ His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

“ For his letters,” they say,“ 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 of no account.

For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

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

because some say,“ His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

For,“ His letters”, they say,“ are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

要知道，基督差派我，不是为了施洗，而是为了传福音——并不用智慧的话语，免得基督的十字架落了空。

你们知道，我原先传福音给你们，是身体有病的时候。虽然我的身体对你们是个试炼，但你们并没有藐视我，也没有唾弃我，反而接受我如同接受神的使者、如同接受基督耶稣。

即使我在言语上没有技巧，但在知识上并不是这样。其实我们在各个方面、在所有的事上都已经向你们显明了这一点。

为这样一个人，我要夸耀，但为我自己，除了有关那些软弱的事以外，我不夸耀。其实就算我愿意夸耀，也不算是愚妄的人，因为我会讲真理。可是我要克制，免得有人把我看高了，过于他在我身上所看到的，或是从我所听到的。并且为了不让我因这些极大的启示而高抬自己，有一根刺加在我的肉体上，就是撒旦的使者来击打我，免得我高抬自己。为了这事，我三次求主使这根刺离开我。但他对我说：“我的恩典是够你用的，因为我的大能在软弱中得以完全。”因此，我反而极其乐意地夸耀我的那些软弱，好让基督的能力遮盖在我身上。

弟兄们，我以前到你们那里去的时候，并没有用高言大智对你们传讲神的奥秘，因为我曾下定决心，在你们中间不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督，就是被钉了十字架的这一位。并且我在你们那里的时候，又软弱又惧怕，甚至极其战兢。我说话、我传道，不是藉着有智慧的说服性的话语，而是藉着圣灵和大能的明证，

实际上，在神的智慧中，世界既然凭智慧不认识神，神就乐意藉着传道的愚拙，拯救那些相信的人。

我保罗与你们面对面的时候是卑微的，不在你们那里的时候向你们却是大胆的。现在我亲自以基督的温柔与谦和恳求你们：