II Corinthians 13
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Coming with Authority
1This will be #2 Cor. 12:14the third time I am coming to you. #Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Matt. 18:16; John 8:17; Heb. 10:28“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 2#2 Cor. 10:2I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those #2 Cor. 12:21who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again #2 Cor. 1:23; 10:11I will not spare— 3since you seek a proof of Christ #Matt. 10:20; (1 Cor. 5:4; 7:40)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty #(1 Cor. 9:2)in you. 4#Phil. 2:7, 8; (1 Pet. 3:18)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet #(Rom. 1:4; 6:4; 1 Cor. 6:14)He lives by the power of God. For #(2 Cor. 10:3, 4)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
5Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, #Rom. 8:10; (Gal. 4:19)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are #1 Cor. 9:27disqualified. 6But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
Paul Prefers Gentleness
7Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though #2 Cor. 6:9we may seem disqualified. 8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9For we are glad #1 Cor. 4:10when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, #1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 13:11; Eph. 4:12; (1 Thess. 3:10)that you may be made complete. 10#1 Cor. 4:21Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the #1 Cor. 5:4; 2 Cor. 10:8authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
Greetings and Benediction
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. #Rom. 12:16, 18Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love #Rom. 15:33; Eph. 6:23and peace will be with you.
12#Rom. 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13All the saints greet you.
14#Rom. 16:24The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and #Phil. 2:1the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 13
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1This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;
2I have said before, and I say [it] before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,
3since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,
4for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.
5Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?
6and I hope that ye shall know that we — we are not disapproved of;
7and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;
8for we are not able to do anything against the truth, but for the truth;
9for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for — your perfection!
10because of this, these things — being absent — I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
11Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;
12salute one another in an holy kiss;
13salute you do all the saints;
14the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, [is] with you all! Amen.
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