17. For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and trustworthy son in the Master, who shall remind you of my ways in Messiah, as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
18. Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19. But I shall come to you shortly, if the Master desires, and I shall know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
20. For the reign of Elohim is not in speech, but in power.
21. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?