2 Corinthians 13

1 I come to you this third time; on the mouth of two or three witnesses will every saying be established;

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

2 I have said before, and I say [it] before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,

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.

3 since you seek a proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak to you, but is powerful in you,

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

4 for even if He was crucified from weakness, yet He lives from the power of God; for we also are weak in Him, but we will live with Him from the power of God toward you.

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, )

5 Try yourselves, if you are in the faith; prove yourselves; do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are not disapproved of in some respect?

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?

6 And I hope that you will know that we are not disapproved of;

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

7 and I pray before God that you do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

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.

8 for we are not able to do anything against the truth, but for the truth;

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

9 for we rejoice when we may be weak, but you may be powerful; and we also pray for this—your perfection!

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

10 Because of this, these things—being absent—I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the LORD gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

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.

11 From now on, brothers, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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.

12 Greet one another in a holy kiss.

Salute one another with a holy kiss.

13 All the holy ones greet 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 you all! Amen.

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