WNT(i)
8 For we have no power against the truth, but only for the furtherance of the truth;
9 and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.
10 For this reason I write thus while absent, that when present I may not have to act severely in the exercise of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.