2 Corinthians 13:1-10 - Final Warnings To The Church At Corinth
1 This third time I am coming to you; by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 I have said before, and I now foretell as if present a second time, although absent, to those who have already sinned and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare; 3 since you seek a proof in me of Christ speaking, who is not weak to you but powerful in you; 4 for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and we also are weak in him, but live with him by the power of God in you.
5 Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates? 6 But I hope you will know that we are not reprobates. 7 We wish to God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do good though we should be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong; and we desire this, your perfection. 10 For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.