KJV:
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
NASB:
being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
KJV:
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
NASB:
For though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it-- for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while--
KJV:
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
NASB:
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
KJV:
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
NASB:
For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible."
KJV:
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
NASB:
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.
KJV:
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
NASB:
When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea.
KJV:
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
NASB:
I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren.
KJV:
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
NASB:
that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.