1Cor 4:21, 2Cor 2:3, 12:20-21, Tit 1:13 | 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 2:3

3 This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence in all of you that my gladness would be for all of you.2Cor 7:16; 8:22; 12:21; Gal 5:10

2 Corinthians 12:20-21

20 I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry feelings, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.1Cor 4:21; 2Cor 10:2 21 I am afraid that when I come my God may again humble me before you and that I may have to grieve over many who formerly lived in sin and have not repented of their impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity that they once practiced.1Cor 5:1; 2Cor 2:1, 4; 13:2

Titus 1:13

13 That testimony is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith2Cor 13:10; 2Tim 4:2; Titus 2:2