aThis is the third
time
I am coming
to you. bEVERY
1FACT
2IS TO BE CONFIRMED
BY THE 3TESTIMONY
OF TWO
OR
THREE
WITNESSES
.
I have previously said
when
present
the second
time
, and though now
absent
I say
in advance
to those
who have asinned
in the past
and to all
the rest
as well, that bif
I come
again
I will not cspare
anyone,
since you are aseeking
for proof
of the bChrist
who speaks
in me, and who
is not weak
toward
you, but cmighty
in you.
For indeed He was acrucified
because
of weakness
, yet
He lives
bbecause
of the power
of God
. For we also
are cweak
1in Him, yet
dwe will live
with Him because
of the power
of God
directed toward
you.
aTest yourselves
to see if
you are in the faith
; bexamine
yourselves
! Or
do you not recognize
this about yourselves
, that Jesus
Christ
is in you--unless
indeed you 1 cfail
the test
?
But I trust that you will realize
that we ourselves
1do
not fail
the test
.
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 1appear
unapproved
.
For we can do nothing
against
the truth
, but only for the truth
.
For we rejoice when
we ourselves
are aweak
but you are strong
; this
we also
pray
for, 1that you be bmade
complete
.
For this reason
I am writing
these
things
while absent
, so
that when present
aI need not use
bseverity
, in accordance
with the cauthority
which
the Lord
gave
me for building
up and not for tearing
down
.
aFinally, brethren
, 1rejoice
, 2 bbe made
complete
, be comforted
, cbe like-minded
, dlive
in peace
; and ethe God
of love
and peace
will be with you.
aGreet one
another
with a holy
kiss
.
aThe grace of the Lord
Jesus
Christ
, and the blove
of God
, and the cfellowship
of the Holy
Spirit
, be with you all
.