1 Corinthians 4:21 - King James Version - American Edition What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction, or with love and in a spirit of gentleness? American Standard Version (1901) What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness? Common English Bible Which do you want? Should I come to you with a big stick to punish you, or with love and a gentle spirit? Catholic Public Domain Version What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness? |
to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.