2 Corinthians 13:2

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

2 Corinthians 13:10

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

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