2 Corinthians 13:8-10

RKJNT(i) 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong: and this is our prayer, for your perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things while absent, that when present I need not be severe in using the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for tearing down.