2 Corinthians 13

1 This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter be established.

The third time am I coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses, every matter shall be established.

2 I have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare.

I have foretold, and now the second time, as if I was present, though being absent, I foretell to those who have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

since you seek a proof of Christ’s speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but who is mighty in you:

4 for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed we are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you, )

for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

5 examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?

Make trial of yourselves, whether you are in the faith; put yourselves to the proof. Do you not know your own selves, that Christ Jesus is in you? unless you be without proof.

6 Now I hope that ye will know that we are not reprobates.

But I hope that you will know that we are not without proof.

7 But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do what is right, and we be as reprobates.

Yet I pray to God that you may do no evil; not that we may appear as having proof, but that you may do what is good, though we be as without proof.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but we can do something for the truth.

9 For we rejoice when we may be weak and ye may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.

For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong. And we pray also for this―your perfection.

10 On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.

For this reason, I write these things, while absent, that I may not, when present, use severity, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

11 For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Finally, brethren, farewell; be perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

12 Salute one another with a holy kiss.

Salute one another with a holy kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.