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

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 have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, 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 them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

3 S ince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

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

4 f or if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed we are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,)

For 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.

5 e xamine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?

Examine 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?

6 N ow I hope that ye will know that we are not reprobates.

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

7 B ut we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do what is right, and 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 honest, 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 rejoice when we may be weak and ye may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.

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

10 O n this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.

Therefore 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.

11 F or the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Finally, 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.

12 S alute one another with a holy kiss.

Greet one another with an 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 Spirit, with you all.

The 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.