and we are readyto punishalldisobedience,wheneveryour obedienceis complete.
You whoboastin the Law,throughyour breakingthe Law,do you dishonorGod?
Whatdo you desire?Shall I cometo you with a rod,orwith loveand a spiritof gentleness?
For thisreasonI am writingthese thingswhile absent,sothat when presentI [need] not useseverity,in accordancewith the authoritywhichthe Lordgaveme for buildingup and not for tearing down.
I have previously saidwhenpresentthe second time,and though nowabsentI say in advanceto thosewho have sinned in the pastand to allthe rest[as well], that ifI comeagainI will not spare[anyone],
For to thisend alsoI wrote,sothat I might putyou to the test,whetheryou are obedientin all things.
His affectionabounds all the moretowardyou, as he remembersthe obedienceof you all,howyou receivedhim with fearand trembling.
Among theseare Hymenaeusand Alexander,whomI have handed overto Satan,sothat they will be taughtnot to blaspheme.
For thisreason,ifI come,I will call attentionto his deedswhichhe does,unjustly accusingus with wickedwords;and not satisfiedwith this,he himselfdoes not receivethe brethren,either,and he forbidsthosewho desire[to do so] and puts[them] out of the church.
