2 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: 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. (A) “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”[a](B) 2 I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. Let them prove their tempers, conduct, and experience, as gold is assayed or proved by the touchstone. In a lingering time of chaos and uncertainty, are you longing to rediscover God's grace. King James Version 13 This is the third time I am coming to you.
For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. We have far more need to pray that we may not do evil, than that we may not suffer evil. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. (L) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(M)—unless, of course, you fail the test? For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. 4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(G) yet he lives by God’s power. 7 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. (11-14)1-6 Though it is God's gracious method to bear long with sinners, yet he will not bear always; at length he will come, and will not spare those who remain obstinate and impenitent. 7 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. The apostle not only desired that they might be kept from sin, but also that they might grow in grace, and increase in holiness. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
So the apostles, how mean and contemptible soever they appeared to the world, yet, as instruments, they manifested the power of God.
(7-10) And ends the epistle with a salutation and blessing. 7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. 2 Corinthians 13 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. (F) He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. God is the Author of peace and Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 9 We are glad whenever we are weak(N) but you are strong;(O) and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.
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