2 Corinthians 1:23

After these things he departed Athens and went to Corinth.

And Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,

(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying!)