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ThereforeIwrite these things being absent, lest being present I should usesharpness,according to the powerwhich the Lord hath givenmetoedification,andnottodestruction.
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
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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.
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Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.