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For even if aI boast somewhat further about our bauthority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,
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2 Corinthians 13:10
2 Corinthians 13
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For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present aI need not use bseverity, in accordance with the cauthority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.