Так как некто говорит: «в посланиях он строг и силён, а в личном присутствии слаб, и речь его незначительна», —
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”
For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”
For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”
For some say, “Paul’s letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are worthless!”
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
“For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”
because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.