For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
KJV
2 Corinthians 13:10
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.
Parallel Translations
Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 10:82 Corinthians 2:3Titus 1:132 Corinthians 10:21 Corinthians 4:212 Corinthians 13:82 Corinthians 12:20–212 Corinthians 13:2
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