<< 2 Corinthians 13 >>
King James Bible: Purple Letter Edition | |
1This
is the third
time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2I told you before, and
tell you beforehand {foretell you}, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who heretofore have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare,
3Since ye seek a proof of
Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4For 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.
5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your {own} selves. Know ye not your {own} selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you,
unless you are discredited {except ye be reprobates}?
6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not
discredited {reprobates}.
7Now 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
appear as discredited {be as reprobates}.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9For we are glad, when we are weak and ye are strong; and this also we wish,
even your perfection.
10Therefore, 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.
11Finally, 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.
12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13All the saints greet {salute} you.
14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
