As if I were present, the second time; see note to 2 Corinthians 12:14.

I will not spare; if I find you unreclaimed, I will exercise my apostolical authority and miraculous power in discipline. When professors of religion fall into sin, dishonor their profession, and injure the cause of Christ, his ministers will earnestly desire and faithfully endeavor by remonstrance, persuasion, and kind entreaty to reclaim them. If this is ineffectual, the discipline which Christ has appointed must be applied, and such offenders be excluded from the communion of the church. Matthew 18:15-18; 1 Corinthians 5:4-5.

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