2 Corinthians 13:9-10 For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong: and this is our prayer, for your perfection.

RKJNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong: and this is our prayer, for your perfection. ¹⁰ Therefore I write these things while absent, that when present I need not be severe in using the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for tearing down.