1 Corinthians 4:21

Modern English Version

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and in the spirit of meekness?

Cross References

2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time. And being absent now, I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a nurse caring for her own children.

2 Corinthians 13:10

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should be sharp, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote concerning this matter to you, so that when I came, I would not be grieved by those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is your joy.

2 Corinthians 1:23

Moreover I call God as a witness upon my soul, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

2 Corinthians 10:6

and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 2:1

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed,

2 Corinthians 3:10

Even that which was made glorious had no glory in comparison to the glory that excels.

1 Corinthians 5:5

deliver him to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 4:18

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

2 Corinthians 12:18

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

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, watching yourselves, lest you also be tempted.