How painful ¹  are honest words! But ²  what does your reproof ³  prove? ⁴ 

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak ¹  and his speech is of no account.” ² 

From ¹  the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. ² 

Let such a person consider this: What we say ¹  by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.