Verse 21

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

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults; 21 lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: 2 yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 2:1 : 1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this very thing, 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.
  • 2 Cor 3:10 : 10 For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
  • 2 Cor 10:8 : 8 For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.