2 Corinthians 13

Coming with Authority

This will be ^athe third time I am coming to you. ^b“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 2 ^aI have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent ¹I write to those ^bwho have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again ^cI will not spare— 3 since you seek a proof of Christ ^aspeaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty ^bin you. 4 ^aFor though He was crucified in weakness, yet ^bHe lives by the power of God. For ^cwe also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^athat Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you ¹are ^bdisqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Paul Prefers Gentleness

7 Now ¹I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though ^awe may seem disqualified. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad ^awhen we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, ^bthat you may be made complete. 10 ^aTherefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the ^bauthority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

Greetings and Benediction

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. ^aBe of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love ^band peace will be with you.
12 ^aGreet one another with a holy kiss.
13 All the saints greet you.
14 ^aThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and ^bthe ¹communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

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