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Examine Yourselves

This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.

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Coming with Authority

This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

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I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,

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I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare —

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since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

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since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

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For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.

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For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

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Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you — unless indeed you fail the test?

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Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless indeed you [b]are disqualified.

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But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

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But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

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Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear unapproved.

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Paul Prefers Gentleness

Now [c]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified.

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

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

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For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

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For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.

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For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

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Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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Greetings and Benediction

Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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All the saints greet you.

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All the saints greet you.

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

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the [d]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

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New American Standard Bible

New King James Version

2 Corinthians 13

2 Corinthians 13