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# What do you want?
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Paul was making a last appeal to the Corinthians, as he has been rebuking them for the errors they had made. Alternate translation: "Tell me what you want to happen now." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?
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Paul is offering the Corinthians two opposing attitudes he could use when approaching them. Alternate translation: "If you want, I can come to punish you, or I can come to show you how much I love you by being gentle with you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# of gentleness
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"of kindness" or "of tenderness"
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