KJV ORIGINAL
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
I've already warned you once when I was there, and now I'm warning you again from a distance — to those of you who've been messing up and everyone else listening: if I have to come back there, I'm not going to go easy on you.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes love means tough love — fair warning given twice.
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