2 Corinthians 13:10

Overview - 2 Corinthians 13
1	He threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners.
5	And, advising them to a trial of their faith,
7	and to a reformation of their sins before his coming,
11	he concludes his epistle with a general exhortation and a prayer.

2 Corinthians 13:10  (King James Version)
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.