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I am coming to you this third time. In the mouth
of two or three witnesses every word shall be established. --2Co 13:1 |
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I
told you before, and I say beforehand, as being present the second time
and being absent now. I write to those who sinned before, and to all the
rest, that if I come again, I will not spare. --2Co 13:2 |
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Since
you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me (who is not weak toward you,
but is powerful in you; --2Co 13:3 |
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for
even if He was crucified out of weakness, yet He lives by the power of
God. For indeed even we are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by
the power of God toward you), --2Co 13:4 |
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examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith, prove your own selves.
Do you not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you
are reprobates? --2Co 13:5 |
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But I trust that you will know that we are not
reprobates. --2Co 13:6 |
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But I
pray to God for you not to do evil, none. And not that we may appear
approved, but that you should do the good things, though we are deemed
to be reprobates. --2Co 13:7 |
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For
we have no power against the truth, but for the truth. --2Co 13:8 |
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For
we are glad when we are weak, and you are powerful. But we pray also for
this, your perfection. --2Co 13:9 |
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Therefore I write these things while absent, lest being present I may
not deal sharply with you according to the authority which the Lord gave
me for building up, and not for pulling down. --2Co 13:10 |
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Finally, brothers, rejoice. Perfect yourselves; encourage yourselves;
mind the same thing; be at peace. And the God of love and peace will be
with you. --2Co 13:11 |
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Greet
one another with a holy kiss. --2Co 13:12 |
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All
the saints greet you. --2Co 13:13 |
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May
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. --2Co 13:14 |
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