2 Corinthians 13:10 - William Tyndale New Testament

¹⁰ Therefore write I these things being absent, lest when I am present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me, to edify, and not to destroy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ So I write these things while I am absent from you, that when I come to you, I may not have to deal sharply in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me [to be employed, however] for building [you] up and not for tearing [you] down.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ This is why I’m writing these things while I’m away. I’m writing so that I won’t need to act harshly when I’m with you by using the authority that the Lord gave me. He gave it to me so that I could build you up, not tear you down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.

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1 Corinthians 4:21

What will ye? Shall I come unto you with a rod, or else in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

1 Corinthians 5:4

in the name of our Lord Iesu Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of the Lord Iesus Christ,

2 Corinthians 10:2

I beseech you that I need not to be bold when I am present (with that same confidence, wherewith I am supposed to be bold) against some which repute us as though we walked carnally.

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our war are not carnal things, but things mighty in God to cast down strongholds,

2 Corinthians 10:8

And though I should boast myself somewhat more of our authority which the Lord hath given us to edify and not to destroy you, it should not be to my shame.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and tell you before, as I said when I was present with you the second time, so write I now being absent to them which in time past have sinned, and to all other: If I come again, I will not spare

2 Corinthians 13:8

We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this same pistel unto you, lest if I came, I should take heaviness of them, of whom I ought to rejoice. Certainly this confidence have I in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the holy ghost, in love unfeigned,

Titus 1:13

This witness is true, wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,