2 Corinthians 13:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lorde hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:8 : 8 For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 This witnesse is true: wherefore conuince them sharply, that they may be sound in ye faith,
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, & in ye spirite of meekenes?
  • 2 Cor 10:2 : 2 And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord. 21 I feare least when I come againe, my God abase me among you, and I shall bewaile many of them which haue sinned already, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnesse which they haue committed.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,
  • 2 Cor 13:8 : 8 For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth.

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  • 2 Cor 10:8-11
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    8For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

    9This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

    10For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.

    11Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.

  • 2 Cor 13:2-3
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    2I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,

    3Seeing that ye seeke experience of Christ, that speaketh in mee, which towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.

  • 2 Cor 13:9
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    9For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 2 Cor 13:11
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    11Finally brethren, fare ye wel: be perfect: be of good comfort: be of one minde: liue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
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    1Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:

    2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

  • 1 Cor 5:3-4
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    3For I verely as absent in bodie, but present in spirit, haue determined already as though I were present, that he that hath thus done this thing,

    4When ye are gathered together, and my spirit, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that such one, I say, by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ,

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

  • 2 Cor 12:10
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    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:

  • 2 Cor 12:19-20
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    19Againe, thinke yee that wee excuse our selues vnto you? we speake before God in Christ. But wee doe all thinges, dearely beloued, for your edifying.

    20For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.

  • 1 Cor 4:14
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    14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

    4For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

  • Eph 6:10
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    10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

  • 1 Cor 3:10
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    10According to the grace of God giuen to mee, as a skilfull master builder, I haue laide the foundation, & another buildeth thereon: but let euery man take heede how he buildeth vpon it.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I long to see you, that I might bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that you might be strengthened:

  • Col 2:5
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    5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, reioycing & beholding your order, and your stedfast faith in Christ.

  • 1 Tim 3:14
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    14These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

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    12Although I had many things to write vnto you, yet I woulde not write with paper & ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, & speake mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

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    22I beseeche you also, brethren, suffer the wordes of exhortation: for I haue written vnto you in fewe wordes.

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    12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

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    13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

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    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

  • 2 Pet 1:15
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    15I will endeuour therefore alwayes, that ye also may be able to haue remembrance of these things after my departing.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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  • Gal 6:11
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    11Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with mine owne hand.

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    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

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    3As I besought thee to abide still in Ephesus, when I departed into Macedonia, so doe, that thou mayest warne some, that they teach none other doctrine,

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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

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    21What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, & in ye spirite of meekenes?

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though that ye haue knowledge, & be stablished in the present trueth.