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2 Corinthians 13:10 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 13 · verse 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.2 Corinthians 13:10 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 13:10 in context
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
10Therefore 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.
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sharpnessapotomōsabruptly, precipitously, sharply, severely, curtlyG664 →
- accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- presentpareimito be by, be at hand, to have arrived, to be present, to be ready, in store, at commandG3918 →
- absentapeimito go away, departG548 →
- writegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
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Here we have, I. The apostle's prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, that they might do no evil, Co2 13:7. This is the most desirable thing we can ask of God, both for ourselves and for our friends, to be kept from sin, that we and they may do no evil;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10