2Cor 10:10 | TNotes | STEP | 10:10 Paul’s letters are sometimes difficult and demanding , as other Christians also found (cp. 2 Pet 3:16 ). • in person he is weak: Paul had no domineering presence, bulldozing people into submission (cp. 2 Cor 1:24 ; 1 Cor 2:1-5 ). The earliest descriptions of Paul’s personal appearance ( Acts of Paul and Thecla , around AD 200) depict him as “a man of small height, almost bald, with crooked legs, but with a good body and eyebrows meeting. His nose was hooked, full of grace, for sometimes he appeared like a man and sometimes had the face of an angel.” • his speeches are worthless: Unlike Apollos (Acts 18:24 ), Paul was not an eloquent preacher or captivating orator when he came to Corinth (2 Cor 11:6 ; 1 Cor 2:3-4 ). His message, however, was charged with a power no human rhetoric could command, as it was given in the Holy Spirit.

b2 Pet 3:16►

c2 Cor 1:24►

d1 Cor 2:1-5►

eActs 18:24►

f2 Cor 11:6►

g1 Cor 2:3-4►

‏ 2 Corinthians 10:10

10:10 ^a Paul’s letters are sometimes difficult and demanding, as other Christians also found (cp. 2 Pet 3:16 ^b).

• in person he is weak: Paul had no domineering presence, bulldozing people into submission (cp. 2 Cor 1:24 ^c; 1 Cor 2:1-5 ^d). The earliest descriptions of Paul’s personal appearance (Acts of Paul and Thecla, around AD 200) depict him as “a man of small height, almost bald, with crooked legs, but with a good body and eyebrows meeting. His nose was hooked, full of grace, for sometimes he appeared like a man and sometimes had the face of an angel.”

• his speeches are worthless: Unlike Apollos (Acts 18:24 ^e), Paul was not an eloquent preacher or captivating orator when he came to Corinth (2 Cor 11:6 ^f; 1 Cor 2:3-4 ^g). His message, however, was charged with a power no human rhetoric could command, as it was given in the Holy Spirit.