1 Corinthians 4:21

Paul's Concern For The Corinthian Believers

²⁰ for the kingdom of God isn't just talk, but also power. ²¹ Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

In the Spirit

Rod of Correction

2 Corinthians 13:2

I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,

2 Corinthians 1:23

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 13:10

For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.

1 Corinthians 5:5

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:1

Now I decided not to pay you another painful visit.

2 Corinthians 2:3

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

2 Corinthians 3:10

In fact, that which once had glory lost its glory, because the other glory surpassed it.

2 Corinthians 10:1-2

Now I myself, Paul, plead with you with the gentleness and kindness of the Messiah I who am humble when I am face to face with you but forceful toward you when I am away!

2 Corinthians 10:6

Once your obedience is complete, we will be ready to reprimand every type of disobedience.

2 Corinthians 10:8

So if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave us to build you up and not to tear you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

2 Corinthians 12:20-21

I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

James 3:17

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.