2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore while distant I write these (things), that when I am come I may not act severely, according to the power which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
9For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong: but this also we pray, that you may be perfect.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21How are you willing? with a rod shall I come to you, or with love and with the spirit of kindliness?
2 Corinthians 10:2beseech of you, that when I come I may not be constrained with the confidence I have to be bold, as I think, over those men who imagine that we walk in the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear lest, when I come to you, I should not find you as I wish, but should find you what you would not wish: lest there be contention and envy, and wrath and angry talk, and accusations and murmurings, and pompousness and agitation:
2 Corinthians 13:8For we are not able to do any thing against the truth, but 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 →