Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

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.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness?

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without {were} fightings, within {were} fears.

For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, {concerning} him that hath so done this deed, {judged: or, determined}

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; {benefit: or, grace}

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep {me} from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. {Oh...: Heb. If thou wilt, etc} {keep...: Heb. do me}

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness?

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

{And} lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and {that} I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. {with: or, in}