2
I ask that
awhen I am present I
need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against
bsome, who regard us as if we walked
caccording to the flesh.
a
1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:10
1 Corinthians 4
21
What do you desire? aShall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 13
2
I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have asinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that bif I come again I will not cspare anyone,
2 Corinthians 13
10
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.
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