哥林多后书 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 哥林多后书 Chapter 13 connects to 9 cross-references. 启示录1：序言和异象：约翰在拔摩岛见到复活的基督，在七个金灯台（代表七个教会）中间行走；基督的样貌：头发雪白，眼目如同火焰，脚如光亮的铜，声音如同众水的声音，手持七星，口中有利剑；「我是首先的，我是末后的，我是那存活的；我曾死过，现在又活了，直活到永永远远，并且拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。」
其他译本
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.
交叉参考
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall …
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And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I …
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;