2 Corinthians 13 GNV
Summary: Announcing this will be his third visit, Paul warns that he will not spare those who sinned and have not repented, and urges the Corinthians to "examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith" (v. 5), testing whether Christ is truly in them. He hopes they will pass the test and prove his own ministry genuine, and prays for their restoration even if it means he appears weak by comparison. The letter closes with an exhortation to aim for restoration, comfort, agreement, and peace, a call to greet one another with a holy kiss, and the well-known benediction: "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all" (v. 14).
1Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand
2I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,
3Seeing that ye seeke experience of Christ, that speaketh in mee, which towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.
4For though hee was crucified concerning his infirmitie, yet liueth hee through the power of God. And wee no doubt are weake in him, but we shall liue with him, through the power of God towarde you.
5Proue your selues whether ye are in the faith: examine your selues: knowe yee not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6But I trust that ye shall knowe that wee are not reprobates.
7Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill, not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates.
8For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth.
9For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection.
10Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.
11Finally brethren, fare ye well: be perfect: be of good comfort: be of one minde: liue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.
12Greete one another with an holy kisse. All the Saintes salute you.
13The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, and the loue of God, and the communion of the holy Ghost be with you all, Amen. The seconde Epistle to the Corinthians, written from Philippi, a citie in Macedonia, and sent by Titus and Lucas.
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