1 Corinthians 4:21
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21 What do you wish? (A)Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
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2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 (A)I warned (B)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 (C)if I come again I will not spare them—
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1 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 But we were (A)gentle[a] among you, (B)like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts infants
2 Corinthians 13:10
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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.
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2 Corinthians 12:20-21
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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. 21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those (B)who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, (C)sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
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2 Corinthians 2:3
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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, (A)for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
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23 But (A)I call God to witness against me—it was (B)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
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2 Corinthians 10:6
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6 (A)being ready to punish every disobedience, (B)when your obedience is complete.
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2 Corinthians 10:1-2
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Paul Defends His Ministry
10 (A)I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the (B)meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2 I beg of you (C)that when I am present I may not have to show (D)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
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2 For I made up my mind (A)not to make another painful visit to you.
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2 Corinthians 10:8
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8 For even if I boast a little too much of (A)our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.
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2 Corinthians 3:10
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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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1 Corinthians 5:5
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5 you are (A)to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so (B)that his spirit may be saved (C)in the day of the Lord.[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 5:5 Some manuscripts add Jesus
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