23 But ^eI call God to witness against me—^fit was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

20 For I fear that perhaps when I come ^vI may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be ^wquarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. 21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

10 For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come ^jI may not have to be severe in my use of ^kthe authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.