1Cor 4:19-21, 5:5, 2Cor 1:23, 10:1-2, 8-11, 12:20 | ESV | STEP | But I will come to you soon , if the Lord wills , and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power .

1 Corinthians 4:19-21

19 But ^aI will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For ^bthe kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? ^cShall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 5:5

5 you are ^dto deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so ^ethat his spirit may be saved ^fin the day of the Lord. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add Jesus}

2 Corinthians 1:23

23 But ^hI call God to witness against me—it was ⁱto spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 10:1-2

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^jI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^kmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2 I beg of you ^lthat when I am present I may not have to show ^mboldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:8-11

8 For even if I boast a little too much of ⁿour authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed. 9 I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters. 10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but ^ohis bodily presence is weak, and ^phis speech of no account.” 11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.

2 Corinthians 12:20

20 For I fear that perhaps ^qwhen I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.