1 Corinthians 4:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in 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

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

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 10:6

being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 12:18

I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

2 Corinthians 13:10

I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—

2 Corinthians 2:1

For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 3:10

Indeed, in this case, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all, because of the splendor that surpasses it.

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a nurse taking care of her children.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.