2 Corinthians 13

₁This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. ₂I 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: ₃since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. ₄For 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. ₅Examine 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? ₆But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. ₇Now 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. ₈For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. ₉For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. ₁₀Therefore 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.

₁₁Finally, 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. ₁₂Greet one another with an holy kiss. ₁₃All the saints salute you.

₁₄The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.