Parallel 2COR 10:10

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BSB For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

BLB For they say, "The letters indeed are weighty and strong, but the presence of the body is weak, and the speech having been ignored."

AICNT For they [[indeed]][fn] say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is of no account.”

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OEB For people say ‘His letters are impressive and vigorous, but his personal appearance is insignificant and his speaking contemptible.’

WEB For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

NET because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

LSV “because the letters indeed,” says one, “[are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.”

FBV People say, “His letters are tough and severe, but in person he's feeble, and he's a useless speaker.”

TCNT For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech amounts to nothing.”

T4T I say that because some people are saying, “When Paul writes letters, he says severe things in order to make you obey him, but when he is here with you, people look at him and say he is weak, and he certainly is not a skillful speaker.”

LEB because it is said, “His letters are severe and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

BBE For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

MOF No MOF 2COR book available

ASV For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

DRA (For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)

YLT 'because the letters indeed — saith one — [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

DBY because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

RV For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

WBS For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

KJB For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
  (For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. )

BB For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.
  (For the letters saith/says he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.)

GNV For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.

CB For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude.

TNT For the pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake and his speache rude.

WYC for thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid.
  (for they said, That epistlis been greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the body is feble, and the word worthy to be dispisid.)

LUT Denn die Briefe (sprechen, sie) sind schwer und stark; aber die Gegenwärtigkeit des Leibes ist schwach und die Rede verächtlich.
  (Because the Briefe (sprechen, sie) are schwer and stark; but the Gegenwärtigkeit the Leibes is schwach and the Rede verächtlich.)

CLV quoniam quidem epistolæ, inquiunt, graves sunt et fortes: præsentia autem corporis infirma, et sermo contemptibilis:
  (quoniam quidem epistolæ, inquiunt, graves are and fortes: præsentia however corporis infirma, and sermo contemptibilis: )

UGNT ὅτι, αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ μέν, φησίν, βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί, ἡ δὲ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενὴς, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος.
  (hoti, hai epistolai men, faʸsin, bareiai kai isⱪurai, haʸ de parousia tou sōmatos asthenaʸs, kai ho logos exouthenaʸmenos.)

SBL-GNT ὅτι Αἱ ⸂ἐπιστολαὶ μέν⸃, φησίν, βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί, ἡ δὲ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενὴς καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος.
  (hoti Hai ⸂epistolai men⸃, faʸsin, bareiai kai isⱪurai, haʸ de parousia tou sōmatos asthenaʸs kai ho logos exouthenaʸmenos. )

TC-GNT Ὅτι, Αἱ [fn]μὲν ἐπιστολαί, φησί, βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί· ἡ δὲ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενής, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος.
  (Hoti, Hai men epistolai, faʸsi, bareiai kai isⱪurai; haʸ de parousia tou sōmatos asthenaʸs, kai ho logos exouthenaʸmenos.)

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Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).