Montgomery - II Corinthians - 13

13:1  This will be my third visit to you. Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be confirmed.

13:2  I have said formerly, and I now forewarn you as when I was present the second time, so now when I am absent the second time, so now when I am absent, saying to those who had sinned before, and to all the rest, "If I come again, I will not spare,"

13:3  Since you want a proof of Christ who is speaking in me, he who is not feeble toward you, but powerful among you.

13:4  For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.

13:5  Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith; put your own selves to the proof. Or do you not know, your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed you fail to abide the proof?

13:6  But I hope you will find that I abide the proof.

13:7  And my prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that I may appear approved, but that you may do what is noble, though I should seem unable to abide the proof.

13:8  For I have no power against the truth, but only in defense of the truth.

13:9  For I am always glad whenever I am weak, but you are strong. For this also I am praying, for your perfect reformation.

13:10  For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

13:11  Finally, brothers, farewell. Aim at perfection, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace; so shall the God of love and peace be with you.

13:12  Salute one another with a holy kiss.

13:13  All the saints salute you.

13:14  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.