⁹ that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

⁵ Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.

²⁰ For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²¹ What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

¹⁰ For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.