2 Corinthians 13:10
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10 (A)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (B)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
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2 Corinthians 10:8
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8 For even if I should boast somewhat more (A)about our authority, which the Lord gave [a]us for [b]edification and not for your destruction, (B)I shall not be ashamed—
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- 2 Corinthians 10:8 NU omits us
- 2 Corinthians 10:8 building up
2 Corinthians 2:3
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Forgive the Offender
3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, (A)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, (B)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
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Titus 1:13
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13 This testimony is true. (A)Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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2 Corinthians 13:8
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8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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2 Corinthians 10:2
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2 But I beg you (A)that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
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1 Corinthians 4:21
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21 What do you want? (A)Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
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2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 (A)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those (B)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again (C)I will not spare—
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- 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
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20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that (A)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults; 21 lest, when I come again, my God (B)will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many (C)who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, (D)fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
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