அப்படிச் சொல்லுகிறவன், நாங்கள் தூரத்திலிருக்கும்போது எழுதுகிற நிருபங்களால் வசனத்தில் எப்படிப்பட்டவர்களாயிருக்கிறோமோ, அப்படிப்பட்டவர்களாகவே சமீபத்திலிருக்கும்போதும் கிரியையிலும் இருப்போம் என்று சிந்திக்கக்கடவன்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present in deed.
World English Bible (WEB)
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
This one — let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are’ in deed.
Cross Reference
1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
2 Corinthians 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, swellings, tumults:
2 Corinthians 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:
2 Corinthians 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.
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