The Test of Power

1 Corinthians 4:18-21

And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?