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2 Corinthians Chapter 13 (RNKJV)

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2 Corinthians Chapter 13 (RNKJV)
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1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

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 the Messiah speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of יהוה. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of יהוה toward you.

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Yahushua the Messiah is in you, except ye be reprobates?

6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

7 Now I pray to יהוה 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.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which יהוה hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the Elohim of love and peace shall be with you.

12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

14 The favour of the Master Yahushua the Messiah, and the love of יהוה, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amein.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Paul instruct the Corinthians to do in 2 Corinthians 13:5?
He tells them to 'examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves,' asking whether they recognize that 'Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates' - an act of self-testing similar to Lamentations 3:40's call to 'search and try our ways.'
How does 2 Corinthians end?
Paul closes with an appeal to 'be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace' (v11) and the well-known benediction of 'the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost' (v14).
Why does Paul mention 'the third time I am coming to you' in verse 1?
He is warning that on this next visit he will not 'spare' those who have continued in sin, reinforcing the testimony 'in the mouth of two or three witnesses' as he had already told them before (v1-2).

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