I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed,
Now I myself, Paul, urge you through the gentleness and clemency of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but brave toward you when absent,
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,