1 Corinthians 4:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod,  or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Now which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction, or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

Common English Bible

²¹ Which do you want? Should I come to you with a big stick to punish you, or with love and a gentle spirit?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?

1 Corinthians 4:21 Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:18

Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 5:5

hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,  so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:23

I call on God as a witness,  on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 10:6

And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up  and not for tearing you down, I will not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 12:18

I urged Titus  to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus didn’t take advantage of you, did he? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit  and in the same footsteps?

2 Corinthians 13:10

This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up  and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning  while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,

2 Corinthians 2:1

In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.

2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident  about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

2 Corinthians 3:10

In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison, because of the glory that surpasses it.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle  spirit,  , watching out for yourselves so that you won’t also be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles,  instead we were gentle  among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretence.