17. That is why I am sending to you Timothy, my son in the Lord. I love Timothy, and he is faithful. He will help you remember my way of life in Christ Jesus, just as I teach it in all the churches everywhere.
18. Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come to you again.
19. But I will come to you very soon if the Lord wishes. Then I will know what the proud ones do, not what they say,
20. because the kingdom of God is present not in talk but in power.
21. Which do you want: that I come to you with punishment or with love and gentleness?