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Final Warnings
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them —
I have already warned those who had been sinning when I was there on my second visit. Now I again warn them and all others, just as I did before, that next time I will not spare them.
since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you.
For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.
Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God’s power.
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test.
As you test yourselves, I hope you will recognize that we have not failed the test of apostolic authority.
But we pray to God that you may not do wrong — not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.
We pray to God that you will not do what is wrong by refusing our correction. I hope we won’t need to demonstrate our authority when we arrive. Do the right thing before we come — even if that makes it look like we have failed to demonstrate our authority.
For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
For we cannot oppose the truth, but must always stand for the truth.
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.
We are glad to seem weak if it helps show that you are actually strong. We pray that you will become mature.
For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
I am writing this to you before I come, hoping that I won’t need to deal severely with you when I do come. For I want to use the authority the Lord has given me to strengthen you, not to tear you down.