2 Corinthians 13
1. This is the third time I am coming * to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall * every word be established * .
2. I told you before * , and foretell you * , as if I were present * , the second time; and being absent * now I write * to them which heretofore have sinned * , and to all other, that, if I come * again, I will * not spare * :
3. Since ye seek * a proof of Christ speaking * in me, which to you-ward is * not weak * , but is mighty * in you.
4. For though he was crucified * through weakness, yet he liveth * 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 * yourselves, whether ye be * in the faith; prove * your own selves. Know ye * not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is * in you, except ye be * reprobates?
6. But I trust * that ye shall know * that we are * not reprobates.
7. Now I pray * to God that ye do * no evil; not that we should appear * approved, but that ye should do * that which is honest, though we be * as reprobates.
8. 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 wish * , even your perfection.
10. Therefore I write * these things being absent * , lest being present * I should use * sharpness,according to the power which the Lord hath given * me to edification,and not to destruction.
11. Finally, brethren, farewell * . Be perfect * , be of good comfort * , be of one mind * , live in peace * ; and the God of love and peace shall be * with you.
12. Greet * one another with an holy kiss.
13. All the saints salute * you.
14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. <<The second epistle to the Corinthians was written * from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.>>
