1 Corinthians 4:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a gentle spirit?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:18

Some have become inflated with pride, as if I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call upon God as witness, on my life, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 10:6

and we are ready to punish every disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 10:8

And even if I should boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 12:18

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

2 Corinthians 13:10

I am writing this while I am away, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in virtue of the authority that the Lord has given me to build up and not to tear down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I warned those who sinned earlier and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient,

2 Corinthians 2:1

For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote as I did so that when I came I might not be pained by those in whom I should have rejoiced, confident about all of you that my joy is that of all of you.

2 Corinthians 3:10

Indeed, what was endowed with glory has come to have no glory in this respect because of the glory that surpasses it.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, even if a person is caught in some transgression, you who are spiritual should correct that one in a gentle spirit, looking to yourself, so that you also may not be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

although we were able to impose our weight as apostles of Christ. Rather, we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.