For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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Interpretation
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 Savior.
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This thought runs through 2 Corinthians 10:6-10.