The Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians |
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| [1] | THIS is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. |
| [2] | I have said beforehand, 1 and I do say beforehand 2 as 3 when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare; |
| [3] | seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you: |
| [4] | for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in 4 him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you. |
| [5] | Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate. |
| [6] | But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate. |
| [7] | Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though 5 we be as reprobate. |
| [8] | For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. |
| [9] | For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting. |
| [10] | For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down. |
| [11] | Finally, brethren, farewell. 6 Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you. |
| [12] | Salute one another with a holy kiss. |
| [13] | All the saints salute you. |
| [14] | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. |
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