Bible verse
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
1 Corinthians 4:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 4.
17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
KJV
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness?
ASV
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
ERV
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?
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