1 T his third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying 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 said before, and I say before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having 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 a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in 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 even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward 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 Y our ownselves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your ownselves prove ye; do ye not know your ownselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

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 a nd I hope that ye shall know that we -- we are not disapproved of;

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

7 a nd I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

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 are not able to do anything 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 infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

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

10 b ecause of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

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 H enceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the 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 in an holy kiss;

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

13 s alute you do all the saints;

All the saints salute you.

14 t he grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, with you all! Amen.

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.