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

²¹ What do you wish? ^(A)Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?