2 Corinthians 13:10 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁰ To whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 not to destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ So I write these things while I am absent from you, that when I come to you, I may not have to deal sharply in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me [to be employed, however] for building [you] up and not for tearing [you] down.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ This is why I’m writing these things while I’m away. I’m writing so that I won’t need to act harshly when I’m with you by using the authority that the Lord gave me. He gave it to me so that I could build you up, not tear you down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

2 Corinthians 13:10 Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:21

I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators.

1 Corinthians 5:4

3 For them that are without, God will judge. Put away the evil one from among yourselves.

2 Corinthians 10:2

1 Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles, when absent, such also we will be indeed when present.

2 Corinthians 10:4

3 But we will not glory beyond our measure; but according to the measure of the rule, which God hath measured to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

2 Corinthians 10:8

7 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 13:2

1 For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace; and the God of peace and of love shall be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:8

Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Corinthians 2:3

2 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 6:6

5 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?

Titus 1:13

Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.