Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τοῦτοtoutoThereforeοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Therefore”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.Thereforeταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsἀπὼνapōnbeing absentἄπειμι (apeimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being absent”, an ongoing or repeated actionG548I am absent.being absentγράφωgraphōto writeγράφωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to write”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).ἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestπαρὼνparōnbeing presentπάρειμι (pareimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being present”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3918I am present, am near; I have come, arrived.being presentμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀποτόμωςapotomōssharpnessἀποτόμωςadverb — “sharpness”G664sharply, severely.sharpnessχρήσωμαιchrēsōmaito useχράομαι (chraomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to use”, a single actionG5530I use, make use of, deal with, take advantage of.This verse uses “use”.κατὰkataaccordingκατάpreposition — “according”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.accordingτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουσίανexousianto the powerἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “to the power”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “power”.to the powerἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordἔδωκένedōkenhath givenδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath given”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.hath givenμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnedificationοἰκοδομή (oikodomē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “edification”, the object formG3619(a) the act of building, (b) a building, (c) met: spiritual advancement, edification.This verse uses “edification”.edificationκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toκαθαίρεσινkathairesindestructionκαθαίρεσις (kathairesis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “destruction”, the object formG2506taking down, razing, destroying.destruction
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
because of this, these things — being absent — I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
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American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
Young’s Literal Translation
because of this, these things — being absent — I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
World English Bible
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
Darby Translation
On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.
Douay-Rheims
Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification, and not unto destruction.
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