2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power that the Lord gave me to enlightenment and not to destruction.
2 Corinthians 10:8
I should boast a great deal concerning the authority the Lord gave us to build you up, and not to tear you down, I would not be put to shame.
2 Corinthians 2:3
I wrote this very thing that when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice. I have confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
1 Corinthians 4:21
What do you want? Shall I come to you with punishment or with love, and in the mild spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 10:2
I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I told you in advance as if I were present the second time. Being absent now I write to those who have sinned and to all others. If I come again I will not spare you.
2 Corinthians 13:8
We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.