Verse 10

Therefore{G5124}{G1223} I write{G1125}{(G5719)} these things{G5023} being absent{G548}{(G5752)}, lest{G3363} being present{G3918}{(G5752)} I should use{G5530}{(G5667)} sharpness{G664}, according{G2596} to the power{G1849} which{G3739} the Lord{G2962} hath given{G1325}{(G5656)} me{G3427} to{G1519} edification{G3619}, and{G2532} not{G3756} to{G1519} destruction{G2506}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:8 : 8 For{G1063}{G2532} though{G1437}{G5037} I should boast{G2744}{(G5667)} somewhat{G5100} more{G4055} of{G4012} our{G2257} authority{G1849}, which{G3739} the Lord{G2962} hath given{G1325}{(G5656)} us{G2254} for{G1519} edification{G3619}, and{G2532} not{G3756} for{G1519} your{G5216} destruction{G2506}, I should{G153} not{G3756} be ashamed{G153}{(G5701)}:
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And{G2532} I wrote{G1125}{(G5656)} this{G5124} same{G846} unto you{G5213}, lest{G3363}, when I came{G2064}{(G5631)}, I should have{G2192}{(G5725)} sorrow{G3077} from{G575} them of whom{G3739} I{G3165} ought{G1163}{(G5713)} to rejoice{G5463}{(G5721)}; having confidence{G3982}{(G5756)} in{G1909} you{G5209} all{G3956}, that{G3754} my{G1699} joy{G5479} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the joy of you{G5216} all{G3956}.
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 This{G3778} witness{G3141} is{G2076}{(G5748)} true{G227}. Wherefore{G1223}{G3739}{G156} rebuke{G1651}{(G5720)} them{G846} sharply{G664}, that{G2443} they may be sound{G5198}{(G5725)} in{G1722} the faith{G4102};
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What{G5101} will ye{G2309}{(G5719)}? shall I come{G2064}{(G5632)} unto{G4314} you{G5209} with{G1722} a rod{G4464}, or{G2228} in{G1722} love{G26}, and{G5037} in the spirit{G4151} of meekness{G4236}?
  • 2 Cor 10:2 : 2 But{G1161} I beseech{G1189}{(G5736)} you, that I may not{G3361} be bold{G2292}{(G5658)} when I am present{G3918}{(G5752)} with that confidence{G4006}, wherewith{G3739} I think{G3049}{(G5736)} to be bold{G5111}{(G5658)} against{G1909} some{G5100}, which{G3588} think{G3049}{(G5740)} of us{G2248} as{G5613} if we walked{G4043}{(G5723)} according{G2596} to the flesh{G4561}.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For{G1063} I fear{G5399}{(G5736)}, lest{G3381}{G4458}, when I come{G2064}{(G5631)}, I shall{G2147} not{G3756} find{G2147}{(G5632)} you{G5209} such as{G3634} I would{G2309}{(G5719)}, and that I{G2504} shall be found{G2147}{(G5686)} unto you{G5213} such as{G3634} ye would{G2309}{(G5719)} not{G3756}: lest{G3381}{G4458} there be debates{G2054}, envyings{G2205}, wraths{G2372}, strifes{G2052}, backbitings{G2636}, whisperings{G5587}, swellings{G5450}, tumults{G181}: 21 And lest{G3361}, when I come{G2064}{(G5631)} again{G3825}, my{G3450} God{G2316} will humble{G5013}{(G5661)} me{G3165} among{G4314} you{G5209}, and{G2532} that I shall bewail{G3996}{(G5692)} many{G4183} which{G3588} have sinned already{G4258}{(G5761)}, and{G2532} have{G3340} not{G3361} repented{G3340}{(G5660)} of{G1909} the uncleanness{G167} and{G2532} fornication{G4202} and{G2532} lasciviousness{G766} which{G3739} they have committed{G4238}{(G5656)}.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before{G4280}{(G5758)}, and{G2532} foretell you{G4302}{(G5719)}, as if{G5613} I were present{G3918}{(G5752)}, the second{G1208} time; and{G2532} being absent{G548}{(G5752)} now{G3568} I write{G1125}{(G5719)} to them which heretofore have sinned{G4258}{(G5761)}, and{G2532} to all{G3956} other{G3062}, that{G3754}, if{G1437} I come{G2064}{(G5632)} again{G1519}{G3825}, I will{G5339} not{G3756} spare{G5339}{(G5695)}:
  • 2 Cor 13:8 : 8 For{G1063} we can do{G1410}{(G5736)} nothing{G3756}{G5100} against{G2596} the truth{G225}, but{G235} for{G5228} the truth{G225}.