And I myself, Paul, beseech you, by the mildness and softness, [or patience], of Christ, which in the face am meek among you, and I absent trust in you.
I said before, and say before, as present twice, and now absent, to them that before have sinned, and to all others; for if I come again, I shall not spare.
And, brethren, we desolate from you for a time, by mouth and in beholding, [as in presence], but not in heart, have hied more plenteously to see your face with great desire.