For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Letters - therefore there had been already more letters (plural) of Paul received by the Corinthians than the one we have-namely, 1 Corinthians. They contained strong reproofs.
Say they. 'Aleph (') Delta G f read 'says one;' "such an one"(2 Corinthians 10:11) points to some definite individual. [But B g, Vulgate, read 'say they:' feesin (G5346).]. Compare Galatians 5:10: a similar slanderer was in the Galatian church.
Weak (1 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 12:7). There was nothing of majesty in his manner. He bore himself tremblingly among them, whereas the false teachers spoke with authoritative bearing.