21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
• 1Cor 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
• 1Cor 5:4 — In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1Cor 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 1Cor 14:26 — How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
• 1Thess 2:6 — Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
• 2Cor 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
• 2Cor 2:1 — But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
• 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
• 2Cor 2:6 — Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
• 2Cor 10:2 — But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
• 2Cor 10:2 — But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
• 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
• 2Cor 10:6 — And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
• 2Cor 10:8 — 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:
• 2Cor 10:8 — 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:
• 2Cor 10:11 — Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
• 2Cor 13:2 — I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare
• 2Cor 13:8 — For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
• 2Thess 3:15 — Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
• Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Titus 1:13 — This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
• Titus 1:13 — This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;