1 Corinthians 4:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before, and foretell now, as if I were present the second time; and being absent now I write to those who have sinned in the past, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare:
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle among you, just as a nurse cherishes her children:
  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you wish not; lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults; 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I plead with you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence by which I think to be bold against some who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 2:1 : 1 But I decided this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this to you so that when I come, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to bring me joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2 Cor 3:10 : 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
  • 2 Cor 10:8 : 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 Deliver such a one to 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 from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

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    18Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you.

    19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the words of those who are puffed up, but the power.

    20For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

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    1Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

    2But I plead with you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence by which I think to be bold against some who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

  • Eph 4:2
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    2With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

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    3And I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

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

    11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

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    2I told you before, and foretell now, as if I were present the second time; and being absent now I write to those who have sinned in the past, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare:

    3Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.

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    20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you wish not; lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

    21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

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    4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    23gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

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    3And when I arrive, whomever you approve by your letters, I will send to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

    4And if it is fitting that I go also, they shall go with me.

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    23Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.

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    14I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.

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    7But we were gentle among you, just as a nurse cherishes her children:

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