1 Corinthians 4:21
What do ye wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 10:6
and holding ourselves in readiness to avenge every disobedience, when your obedience is made complete.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as if present at the second time, and, being now absent, I write to those who heretofore have sinned, and to all the rest; that, if I come again, I will not spare;
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
According to our notions, we should rather say, a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it should be considered, that the eastern asses are not only much more beautiful, but better goers that ours; and being active and well broken, they need only a bridle to guide them; whereas their horses being scarce, and often caught wild, and badly broken, are much less manageable, and need the correction of the whip
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According to our notions, we should rather say, a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it should be considered, that the eastern asses are not only much more beautiful, but better goers that ours; and being active and well broken, they need only a bridle to guide them; whereas their horses being scarce, and often caught wild, and badly broken, are much less manageable, and need the correction of the whip
1 Corinthians 4:21
What do ye wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 10:6
and holding ourselves in readiness to avenge every disobedience, when your obedience is made complete.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as if present at the second time, and, being now absent, I write to those who heretofore have sinned, and to all the rest; that, if I come again, I will not spare;