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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

By which we are glad that we are weak and ye are strong, and even so we pray for your perfection.

10 Therefore I write these things being absent lest being present I should treat you with more severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

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For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. We are glad whenever we are weak(A) but you are strong;(B) and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.(C) 10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(D) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(E)

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