Parallel Bible results for "2-corinthians 13:9-10"
2 Corinthians 13:9-10
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9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
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We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.
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.
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This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.