2 Corinthians 10:8 KJV
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
2 Corinthians 10:6–10 KJV Chapter Context
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And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
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For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
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For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.