This is the third
time I am coming
to
you
. In
the mouth
of two
or
three
witnesses
shall
every
word
be established
.
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
:
Since ye seek
a proof
of Christ
speaking
in
me
, which
to
you-ward
is
not
weak
, but
is mighty
in
you
.
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
.
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
?
But I trust
that
ye shall know
that
we
are
not
reprobates
.
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
.
For we can do
nothing
against
the truth
, but
for
the truth
.
For we
are glad
, when
we are weak
, and
ye
are
strong
: and
this
also
we wish
, even your
perfection
.
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
.
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
.
Greet one another
with
an holy
kiss
.
The grace of the Lord
Jesus
Christ
, and
the love
of God
, and
the communion
of the Holy
Ghost
, be with
you
all
. Amen
. The second
epistle to
the Corinthians
was written
from
Philippi
, a city of Macedonia
, by
Titus
and
Lucas
.