2 Corinthians 13

1 This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be established."

This is the third time that I have prepare to come to you; that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.

2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

I have before said to you, and again I say to you beforehand, (as also I said to you a second time, while I was with you; and now also, while absent, I write to those who have sinned and to the others, ) that if I come again, I will not spare:

3 seeing that you seek a proof of Messiah who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.

because ye demand proof, that it is the Messiah that speaketh by me, who hath not been powerless among you, but powerful among you.

4 For indeed he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is among you.

5 Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or do you not know as to your own selves, that Jesus (the) Messiah is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

Examine yourselves, whether ye stand in the faith: prove yourselves. Do ye not acknowledge that Jesus the Messiah is in you? And if he is not, ye are reprobates.

6 But I hope that you will know that we are not disqualified.

But, I trust, ye will know that we are not reprobates.

7 Now we pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.

And I beseech God, that there may be no evil in you, so that the proof of us may appear: and yet, that ye may be doers of good things, though we be as reprobates.

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

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

9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

And we rejoice, when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, that ye may be perfected.

10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

Therefore, while absent, I write these things; lest when I come, I should act with rigor, according to the authority which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.

11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Salute ye one another, with a holy kiss.

13 All the saints greet you.

All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus (the) Messiah, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

The peace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.