Which do you want? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?

Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,

And his tender affection is all the greater toward you, when he calls to mind the obedience of you all, and the fear and trembling with which you received him.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;