2Cor 13:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. Therefore —because I wish the "sharpness" to be in my letters rather than in deeds [CHRYSOSTOM ]. edification . . . not to destruction — for building up . . . not for casting down. To "use sharpness" would seem to be casting down, rather than building up; therefore he prefers not to have to use it.

2 Corinthians 13:10

10. Therefore—because I wish the "sharpness" to be in my letters rather than in deeds [CHRYSOSTOM].

edification . . . not to destruction—for building up . . . not for casting down. To "use sharpness" would seem to be casting down, rather than building up; therefore he prefers not to have to use it.