2Cor 13:10 | NASB1995 | STEP | For this reason I am writing these things while absent , so that when present I need not use severity , in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down .

‏ 2 Corinthians 13:10

10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present ^aI need not use ^bseverity, in accordance with the ^cauthority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.