2Cor 10:8, 13:10 | ESV | STEP | For even if I boast a little too much of our authority , which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you , I will not be ashamed .

2 Corinthians 10:8

8 For even if I boast a little too much of ^aour authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.

2 Corinthians 13:10

10 For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come ^bI may not have to be ^csevere in my use of ^dthe authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.