13 Bible Verses about In Men's Presence

"Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

But Paul shouted loudly to him. "Do yourself no harm; for we are all here!"

For I, although absent in body, yet present in spirit, have already passed sentence, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, on him who has done this thing.

When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ??aul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"??2 I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.

"His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."

Let such a man assure himself that my actions, when I am present, will be just like my words in my letters when I am absent.

For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you.

How I wish I could be with you now, that I might change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;

Do you not recall that I often told you this, when I was with you?

For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."