⁶ I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test.

¹⁰ For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come ^(A)I may not have to be ^(B)severe in my use of ^(C)the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

²⁰ For I fear that perhaps ^(A)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.

³ since you seek proof that Christ ^(A)is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but ^(B)is powerful among you. ⁴ For ^(C)he was crucified in weakness, but ^(D)lives by the power of God. For ^(E)we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you ^(F)we will live with him by the power of God.