And in this confidence I intended to come to 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, intended to put her away privately.
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
And I am sure that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
And if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home; so that you do not come together for condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
For I will not see you now on the way; but I trust to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will know, not the speech of those 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 do not seek your possessions, 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, plead with you also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.