The Bible

2 Corinthians Chapter 13

¹This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." ²I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I return, I will not spare; ³seeing that you seek a proof of the AnointedOne who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.

⁴For 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.

⁵Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or don't you know about your own selves, that Jesus AnointedOne is in you? Unless indeed you are disqualified!

⁶But I hope that you will know that we aren't disqualified.

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

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

⁹For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

¹⁰For 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.

¹¹Finally, 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.

¹²Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus AnointedOne, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.