And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that you might have a second benefit;
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, decided to put her away privately.
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
For I will not see you now in passing; but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permits.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.