Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
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I write
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 10:2
I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:20
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 Corinthians 4:21
Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?
Lest
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,
Titus 1:13
That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith
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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.
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2 Corinthians 13:6
I hope you will realize that we haven't failed our test.