2 Corinthians 13:1-10 - Final Warnings To The Church At Corinth

¹ This third time, am I coming unto you: - at the mouth of two witnesses, or three, shall every matter be established. ² I have said beforehand, and do say beforehand, - as present the second time, although now absent, unto them who before sinned, and unto all the rest, - that, if I come again, I will not spare. ³ Since, a test, ye are seeking, of the speaking in me of Christ; - who, unto you, is not weak, but is powerful in you, - ⁴ For, although he was crucified through weakness, yet is he living through God's power, - for, although, we, are weak in him, yet shall we live with him, through God's power unto us-

⁵ Be trying, yourselves, whether ye are in the faith, be putting, yourselves, to the test! Or do ye not recognise yourselves, seeing that, Jesus Christ, is in you, - unless perhaps ye fail in the testing. ⁶ I hope, however, that ye shall come to know, that, we, fail not in the testing! ⁷ But we pray unto God, that ye may do nothing base, - not that, we, may appear, accepted, but that, ye, the honourable thing, may be doing, even though, we, should be, as it were, rejected; ⁸ For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth; ⁹ For we rejoice - whensoever, we, are weak, and, ye, are, strong. This, also we pray for - your restoration: - ¹⁰ For this cause, these things, while absent, am I writing, that I may not, when present, deal sharply - according to the authority which, the Lord, hath given me, for building up and not for pulling down.