G5124ThereforeG1223 G1125I write[G5719] G5023these thingsG548being absent[G5752] G3363, lestG3918being present[G5752] G5530I should use[G5667] G664sharpnessG2596, accordingG1849to the powerG3739whichG2962the LordG1325hath given[G5656] G3427meG1519toG3619edificationG2532, andG3756notG1519toG2506destruction.
G4280I told you before[G5758] G2532, andG4302foretell you[G5719] G5613, as ifG3918I were present[G5752] G1208, the secondG2532time; andG548being absent[G5752] G3568nowG1125I write[G5719] G4258to them which heretofore have sinned[G5761] G2532, andG3956to allG3062otherG3754, thatG1437, ifG2064I come[G5632] G1519againG3825 G5339, I willG3756notG5339spare[G5695] :
G1063ForG5399I fear[G5736] G3381, lestG4458 G2064, when I come[G5631] G2147, I shallG3756notG2147find[G5632] G5209youG3634such asG2309I would[G5719] G2504, and that IG2147shall be found[G5686] G5213unto youG3634such asG2309ye would[G5719] G3756notG3381: lestG4458 G2054there be debatesG2205, envyingsG2372, wrathsG2052, strifesG2636, backbitingsG5587, whisperingsG5450, swellingsG181, tumults:
G1161ButG1189I beseech[G5736] G3361you, that I may notG2292be bold[G5658] G3918when I am present[G5752] G4006with that confidenceG3739, wherewithG3049I think[G5736] G5111to be bold[G5658] G1909againstG5100someG3588, whichG3049think[G5740] G2248of usG5613asG4043if we walked[G5723] G2596accordingG4561to the flesh.