<prompt> unaweza kugeuza matini haya ya swahilikwa kiingereza?10 hii ndiyo sababu ninawaandikia mambo haya wakati sipo, ili nikija nisiwe mkali katika kutumia mamlaka yangu, mamlaka bwana aliyonipa ya kuwajenga ninyi wala si ya kuwabomoa.  <response>: for this reason i write these things while i am away from you, that when i come i may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. 