“说这话的人要想一想，我们不在你们那里的时候，信上怎样写，我们来到的时候也会怎样作。”
哥林多后书 10:11
“Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.”
2 Corinthians 10:11
Paul wrote letters to the church in Corinth, weaving love and discipline into his teachings to be like Jesus. As he neared the end of this letter (2 Corinthians), he addressed accusers who challenged his integrity by saying he was bold in his letters but weak in person (10:10). These critics used professional oratory to take money from their listeners.
While Paul possessed academic prowess, he spoke simply and plainly. “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,” he had written in an earlier letter, “but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:4). His later letter revealed his integrity (2 Corinthians 10:11).
Paul presented himself as the same person in public that he was in private. How about us?
In what ways are you integrating your private and public life? How might you honor God even more fully with complete integrity?
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