- *Dia touto*
- preposition + demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - because of this
- *tauta*
- demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
- *apōn*
- present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being absent
- *graphō*
- present, indicative, active, 1st person singular - I write
- *hina*
- conjunction - so that/in order that
- *parōn*
- present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being present
- *mē*
- negative particle - not
- *apotomōs*
- adverb - severely/sharply
- *chrēsōmai*
- aorist, subjunctive, middle, 1st person singular - I might use/treat
- *kata*
- preposition + accusative - according to
- *tēn exousian*
- article + noun, accusative, feminine, singular - the authority
- *hēn*
- relative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - which
- *edōken*
- aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he gave
- *moi*
- personal pronoun, dative, 1st person singular - to me
- *ho Kyrios*
- article + noun, nominative, masculine, singular - the Lord
- *eis*
- preposition + accusative - for
- *oikodomēn*
- accusative, feminine, singular - building up/edification
- *kai ouk*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *kathairesin*
- accusative, feminine, singular - tearing down/destruction