< 2 Corinthians 13 >

1 This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two witnesses or three every saying will be confirmed.
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
2 I have told you before, and I say in advance, as present the second time, and now absent, I write to those who have previously sinned, and to all the others, that if I come to it again, I will not spare,
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
3 since ye seek proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but is mighty in you.
seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
4 For even if he was crucified from weakness, yet he lives from the power of God. For we in him are also weak, but we will live with him from the power of God toward you.
for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are test-failing something.
Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.
6 But I hope that ye will know that we are not test-failing.
But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.
7 Now I pray to God, to do you nothing harmful, not that we would appear test-passing, but that ye would do right, even like we might be test-failing.
Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honourable, though we be as reprobate.
8 For we do not have any power against the truth, but for the truth.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, your full qualification.
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
10 Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
11 Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12 Salute each other by a holy kiss.
Salute one another with a holy kiss.
13 All the sanctified salute you.
All the saints salute you.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, is with all of you. Truly.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.

< 2 Corinthians 13 >