1Cor 4:21, 2Cor 13:2, 10 | ISV | STEP | Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

1 Corinthians 4:21

21 Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or in love and with a gentle spirit?2Cor 10:2; 13:10

2 Corinthians 13:2

2 I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,2Cor 1:23; 10:2; 12:21

2 Corinthians 13:10

10 For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.1Cor 4:21; 2Cor 2:3; 12:20-21; Titus 1:13