2 Corintios 13:10

10 Les escribo todo esto antes de ir a verlos, con la esperanza de no tener que tratarlos con severidad cuando finalmente llegue. Pues mi deseo es usar la autoridad que el Señor me ha dado para fortalecerlos, no para destruirlos.

2 Corintios 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 13:10

Therefore I write these things being absent
Assuring them of his power and authority, expressing his concern for their welfare, earnestly desiring that they might be kept from evil, and perform good works; and that they might be in a more honourable, orderly, and comfortable situation, whilst he was absent from them, and before he came among them:

lest, being present, I should use sharpness;
meaning severe reproofs and censures, or rather the exercise of the apostolic rod:

according to the power the Lord haft given me, to edification, and
not to destruction;
by striking persons dead, as Ananias and Sapphira were by Peter; or by delivering them up to Satan to have corporeal punishment inflicted on them, as were Hymenaeus and Philetus, and the incestuous person by the Apostle Paul; which, though it was for the destruction of the flesh, yet for the salvation of their souls, and for the good, use, and edification of the rest of the society, that they might take warning thereby, and shun the evils which were the occasion of such severity.

2 Corintios 13:10 In-Context

8 Pues no podemos oponernos a la verdad, más bien siempre debemos defender la verdad.

9 Nos alegramos de parecer débiles si esto ayuda a mostrar que ustedes en realidad son fuertes. Nuestra oración es que lleguen a ser maduros.

10 Les escribo todo esto antes de ir a verlos, con la esperanza de no tener que tratarlos con severidad cuando finalmente llegue. Pues mi deseo es usar la autoridad que el Señor me ha dado para fortalecerlos, no para destruirlos.

11 Saludos finales de Pablo
Amados hermanos, termino mi carta con estas últimas palabras: estén alegres. Crezcan hasta alcanzar la madurez. Anímense unos a otros. Vivan en paz y armonía. Entonces el Dios de amor y paz estará con ustedes.

12 Salúdense unos a otros con amor cristiano.