2 Corinthians 10:8

8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 10:8 In-Context

6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that as he is Christ's, so are we.
8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.
9 I would not seem to be frightening you with letters.
10 For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account."
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