2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Context
This verse from 2 Corinthians Chapter 13 connects to 9 cross-references. Paul warns that if he comes a third time he will not spare them. He urges self-examination: are you in the faith? He prays that they will not do wrong — not so that he appears approved but so they …
Andere Übersetzungen
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
because of this, these things--being absent--I write, that being present, I may not treat <FI>any<Fi> sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.
Querverweise
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I …
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think …
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not …
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall …
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which …
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I …
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;