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2 Corinthians 13 2
I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—
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2 Corinthians 13 10
For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
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2 Corinthians 12 20-2 Corinthians 12 21
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish— that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
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2 Corinthians 1 23
But I call God to witness against me— it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
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1 Thessalonians 2 7
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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2 Corinthians 2 3
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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2 Corinthians 10 1-2 Corinthians 10 2
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ— I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.
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2 Corinthians 2 1
For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
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1 Corinthians 5 5
you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
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James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
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2 Corinthians 3 10
Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it.
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2 Corinthians 10 6
being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
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2 Corinthians 10 8
For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.
