1 T his is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

¶ This third time I am coming unto 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:

I told you before and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now, I write to those who until now have sinned and to all others that, if I come again, I will not spare,

3 s ince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who unto you is not weak, but is mighty in you.

4 F or 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.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. By which we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God in you.

5 E xamine 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?

Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Do ye not know your own selves if Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are reprobates.

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

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

7 N ow 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.

¶ Now I pray to God that ye do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is good, though we be as reprobates.

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

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

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

By which we are glad that we are weak and ye are strong, and even so we pray for your perfection.

10 T herefore 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.

Therefore I write these things being absent lest being present I should treat you with more severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

11 F inally, 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.

¶ For the rest, brethren, that ye may have joy, be perfected, have consolation, be of one mind, having peace; and the God of peace and charity shall be with you.

12 G reet one another with an holy kiss.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

13 A ll the saints salute you.

All the saints salute you.

14 T he grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the charity of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.