²⁰ but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

¹⁷ But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

¹⁸ because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

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?

⁹ For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;