2 Corinthians 13
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This is the third time I am
coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every
word be established. Deut. 17.6 ; 19.15
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I told you before, and foretell you, as
if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to
them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come
again, I will not spare:
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since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking
in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in
you.
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For though he was crucified through
weakness, yet he liveth 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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Examine yourselves, whether ye be in
the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
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But I trust that ye shall know that we
are not reprobates.
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Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not
that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is
honest, though we be as reprobates.
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For we can do nothing against the truth,
but for the truth.
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For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye
are strong: and this also we wish, even your
perfection.
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Therefore I write these things being
absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the
power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to
destruction.
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Final
Greetings |
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Finally, brethren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the
God of love and peace shall be with you.
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Greet one another with a holy
kiss.
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All the saints salute you.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all. Amen.
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