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2 Corinthians 13:8-10
Lexham English Bible
2 Corinthians 13:8-10
Lexham English Bible
8 For we are not able to do anything against the truth, but rather only for the truth. 9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong, and we pray for this: your maturity. 10 Because of this, I am writing these things although I[a] am absent, in order that when I[b] am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:10 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am absent”) which is understood as concessive
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am present”) which is understood as temporal
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