2Cor 10:6 Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:6

6: And we will punish those who remained disobedient after the rest of you became loyal and obedient.

Now he cares for you more than ever when he remembers the way you listened to him and welcomed him with such respect and deep concern.

"Quick!" he told the people. "Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins."
So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents with their wives and children and little ones.
And Moses said, "By this you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things that I have done--for I have not done them on my own.
If these men die a natural death, then the LORD has not sent me.
But if the LORD performs a miracle and the ground opens up and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD."

I have already warned those who had been sinning when I was there on my second visit. Now I again warn them and all others, just as I did before, that this next time I will not spare them.

"You son of the Devil, full of every sort of trickery and villainy, enemy of all that is good, will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?
And now the Lord has laid his hand of punishment upon you, and you will be stricken awhile with blindness." Instantly mist and darkness fell upon him, and he began wandering around begging for someone to take his hand and lead him.

Hymenaeus and Alexander are two examples of this. I turned them over to Satan so they would learn not to blaspheme God.

Then Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.
The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren't lying to us but to God."
As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.
Then some young men wrapped him in a sheet and took him out and buried him.
About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

I am writing this to you before I come, hoping that I won't need to deal harshly with you when I do come. For I want to use the authority the Lord has given me to build you up, not to tear you down.

When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the wicked things he is saying about us. He not only refuses to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church.

Even though I am not there with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. Concerning the one who has done this, I have already passed judgment
in the name of the Lord Jesus. You are to call a meeting of the church, and I will be there in spirit, and the power of the Lord Jesus will be with you as you meet.
Then you must cast this man out of the church and into Satan's hands, so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved when the Lord returns.

Which do you choose? Should I come with punishment and scolding, or should I come with quiet love and gentleness?

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