1 T his will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall 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 have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who 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 those who until now have sinned and to all others that, if I come again, I will not spare,

3 s ince you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but 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 in weakness, yet He lives 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 as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

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 you will know that we are not disqualified. Paul Prefers Gentleness

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

7 N ow I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified.

¶ 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 you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.

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 authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction. Greetings and Benediction

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. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will 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 a holy kiss.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

13 A ll the saints greet 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 be with you all. Amen.

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