For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
'For even though I boast somewhat exceedingly (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) of our (apostolic) authority (2 Corinthians 13:10) ... I shall not be put to shame' (by the fact; my authority shall not be proved abortive by my threats failing to be carried into effect).
For edification, and not for your destruction - Greek, 'for building up ... not for ... CASTING DOWN' х kathairesin (G2506), as in 2 Corinthians 10:5]; the image of a building, Though we 'cast down reasonings,' this is not in order to destroy, but to build up, by removing hindrances to edification, testing what is unsound, and putting together all that is true in the building (Chrysostom).