1 Corinthians 4:21
How are you willing? with a rod shall I come to you, or with love and with the spirit of kindliness?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
In Context
20For the kingdom of Aloha is not in word, but in power.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:23BUT I testify to Aloha on my soul that because I am sparing of you, I have not come to Kurinthos.
2 Corinthians 2:3And I have written to you this very, lest when I come they grieve me, they who ought to refresh me. But I confide in you, that my joy is that of all of you.
2 Corinthians 10:1BUT I Paulos beseech of you by the peacefulness and humility of the Meshiha, (I) who also in presence am humble with you, but while far off am confident over you,
2 Corinthians 10:8For if I should boast somewhat more of the authority which our Lord hath given me, I should not blush; because for your edification he gave it to me, and not for your destruction.
2 Corinthians 13:2I have foretold you, and again I foretell you; as also twice while I was with you I told you, (so) now also being distant I write to those who have sinned, and to the rest of the others; that if I come again I will not spare.
1 Thessalonians 2:7but we were humble among you, and, as a nurse who loveth her children,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:18-21
Paul's Affection and Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall… Read the whole commentary →