Ideo hæc absens scribo, ut non præsens durius agam secundum potestatem, quam Dominus dedit mihi in ædificationem, et non in destructionem.
Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.
Ideo hoc absente scribe, ut non praesenti dure age secundo potestate, Domino da quam ad me in aedificatione, et non in destructione.