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That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
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For his letters , say they , are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible .
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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 .
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For we dare not make ourselves of the number , or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise .
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But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.