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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. |
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction. |
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, in order that when present I may not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down. |
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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 your down. |
So I write these things while I am absent from you, that when I come to you, I may not have to deal sharply in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me [to be employed, however] for building [you] up and not for tearing [you] down. |
On this account I am writing these things when I am absent, in order that I may not deal sharply [with you] in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for casting down. |
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Hence the tone of this letter, so that when I do come I shall not be obliged to use with severity that power which the Lord has given me – though even that is not meant to break you down but to build you up. |
This is why I am writing this while far away from you, that when I do come, I may not have to deal harshly with you in accordance with the authority which the Lord has given me, for building you up, not for tearing you down. |
There- 5124 -fore 1223 I write 1125 these things 5023 being absent, 548 lest 3363 being present 3918 I should use 5530 sharpness, 664 according 2596 to the 3588 power 1849 which 3739 the 3588 Lord 2962 hath given 1325 me 3427 to 1519 edification, 3619 and 2532 not 3756 to 1519 destruction. 2506 |
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