but I ask, not being present, that I may be bold with the confidence which I think to be bold gainst some, the ones reckoning us as walking according to flesh.
Therefore purposing this, did I indeed use lightness? Or what I purposed, did I purpose according to flesh, that it may be with me yes, yes, and no, no?
Because of this, I write these things while absent, that being present I may not deal severelywith you according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for destruction.
I said before, and I say beforehand, as being present the second time and being absent now, I write to the ones having sinned before, and all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare,