2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason, I write these things, while absent, that I may not, when present, use severity, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong. And we pray also for this―your perfection.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 10:2I, indeed, beseech you, that I may not, when present, be bold with that confidence with which I think I shall be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest when I come I shall find you not, such as I wish, and I shall be found by you not such as you wish: lest there shall be contentions, envies, excitements, strife, evil speaking, whisperings, party spirit, disorderly conduct:
2 Corinthians 13:8For we can do nothing against the truth, but we can do something for the truth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 13:8-11
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and… Read the whole commentary →