2 CORINTHIANS 10:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:”
So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed — Paul's *exousia*, authority, is *kosmikē*, given by the Lord, *eis oikodomen*, for *edification* (literally building up), not *kathaíresis*, demolition. Yet he will wield it *sharply* if necessary. Authority in Christ is constructive.
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