2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.
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1 Corinthians 4:21What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 10:2So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.
2 Corinthians 13:8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only 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 →