16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. |
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. |
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. |
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. |
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. |
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? |