2 Corinthians 13:7-10

New King James Version

Paul Prefers Gentleness

⁷ Now ^[a]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though ^(A)we may seem disqualified. ⁸ For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹ For we are glad ^(B)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, ^(C)that you may be made complete. ^10 (D)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the ^(E)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.