2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.
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1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?
2 Corinthians 10:2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.
2 Corinthians 13:8For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth.
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 →