Coverdale(i)
6 & are ready to take vengeaunce on all disobedience, whan youre obediece is fulfylled.
7 Loke ye on thinges after ye vtter appearauce?Yf eny man trust of himselfe yt he is Christes, let him thinke this also by himselfe, yt like as he is Christes, eue so are we Christes also.
8 And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame.
9 This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.
10 For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude.
11 Let him yt is soche, thinke on this wyse, that as we are in worde by letters wha we are absente, soch are we also in dede whan we are present.