1 Corinthians 4:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a stick or with love in a spirit of gentleness?(A)
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 4:21
New International Version
21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(A) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 13:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient—
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 13:2
New International Version
2 I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(A) On my return I will not spare(B) those who sinned earlier(C) or any of the others,
2 Corinthians 13:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.(A)
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 13:10
New International Version
10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(A) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(B)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.