21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(A) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

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21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

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21 What do you want? (A)Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.(A)

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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

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Paul Urges Forgiveness

But I determined this within myself, (A)that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

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I wrote as I did,(A) so that when I came I would not be distressed(B) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(C) in all of you, that you would all share my joy.

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And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

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Forgive the Offender

And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, (A)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, (B)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

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I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(A) On my return I will not spare(B) those who sinned earlier(C) or any of the others,

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I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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(A)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those (B)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again (C)I will not spare—

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write

10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(A) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(B)

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10 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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10 (A)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (B)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

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