Which do you want? Should I come to you to correct and punish you? Or should I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

你们愿意怎么样呢？是愿意我带着刑杖到你们那里去呢？还是要我存慈爱温柔的心呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着棍子到你们那里去呢，还是带着慈爱温柔的心呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着棍子到你们那里去呢，还是带着慈爱温柔的心呢？

到底你们要什么呢？要我带着刑杖去呢？还是要我带着温柔慈爱的心去呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着刑杖到你们那里去，还是以温柔的灵，带着爱心去呢？

你们要什么呢？要我带着权杖，还是要我带着爱和温柔的心灵到你们那里去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？是願意我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢？還是要我存慈愛溫柔的心呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着棍子到你們那裏去呢，還是帶着慈愛溫柔的心呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着棍子到你們那裏去呢，還是帶着慈愛溫柔的心呢？

到底你們要什麼呢？要我帶著刑杖去呢？還是要我帶著溫柔慈愛的心去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶著刑杖到你們那裡去，還是以溫柔的靈，帶著愛心去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢？還是帶着愛與柔和之心靈呢？

你們要什麼呢？要我帶著權杖，還是要我帶著愛和溫柔的心靈到你們那裡去呢？

爾何所欲乎、欲我以杖就爾乎、抑以仁慈與溫柔之心乎、

爾何所欲、欲我至以杖叩爾乎、抑以柔惠之意撫爾乎、

爾何所欲、欲我就爾以杖乎、抑欲我就爾以慈愛及溫柔之意乎、

What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you desire? That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and[ in] the spirit of meekness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

I already warned you during my second visit. I now say it again while I’m away. When I return, I won’t spare those who sinned earlier. I won’t spare any of the others either.

That’s why I write these things before I come to you. Then when I do come, I won’t have to be hard on you when I use my authority. The Lord gave me the authority to build you up. He didn’t give it to me to tear you down.

I’m afraid that when I come I won’t find you as I want you to be. I’m afraid that you won’t find me as you want me to be. I’m afraid there will be arguing, jealousy and fits of anger. I’m afraid each of you will focus only on getting ahead. Then you will tell lies about each other. You will talk about each other. I’m afraid you will be proud and cause trouble.I’m afraid that when I come again my God will put me to shame in front of you. Then I will be sad about many who sinned earlier and have not turned away from it. They have not turned away from uncleanness, sexual sins and wild living. They have done all those things.

I call God to be my witness. May he take my life if I’m lying. I wanted to spare you, so I didn’t return to Corinth.

Instead, we were like young children when we were with you. As a mother feeds and cares for her little children,

What I wrote to you I wrote for a special reason. When I came, I didn’t want to be troubled by those who should make me glad. I was sure that all of you would share my joy.

Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.I am coming to see you. Please don’t make me be as bold as I expect to be toward some people. They think that I live the way the people of this world live.

So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.

When you come together like this, hand this man over to Satan. Then the power of sin in his life will be destroyed. His spirit will be saved on the day the Lord returns.

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure. That’s the most important thing about it. And that’s not all. It also loves peace. It thinks about others. It obeys. It is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair. It doesn’t pretend to be what it is not.

The glory of the old covenant is nothing compared with the far greater glory of the new.

Until you have obeyed completely, I will be ready to punish you every time you don’t obey.

Do I brag too much about the authority the Lord gave me? If I do, it’s because I want to build you up, not tear you down. And I’m not ashamed of that kind of bragging.