9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
9 I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.
9 I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.
9 And what's this talk about me bullying you with my letters?
9 lest I seem to terrify you by letters.
9 I'm not trying to frighten you by my letters.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:9
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:7-11
(Read 2 Corinthians 10:7-11)
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 Saviour.