2Cor 10:1, 11, 13:2, Col 2:5, 1Th 2:17 | ESV | STEP | I , Paul , myself entreat you , by the meekness and gentleness of Christ —I who am humble when face to face with you , but bold toward you when I am away !

2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^aI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^bmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

2 Corinthians 10:11

11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.

2 Corinthians 13:2

2 ^cI warned ^dthose who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that ^eif I come again I will not spare them—

Colossians 2:5

5 For ^fthough I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your ^ggood order and ^hthe firmness of your faith in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Paul’s Longing to See Them Again

17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, ⁱin person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire ^jto see you face to face,