1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every utterance 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 those who heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3 Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4 For though he was crucified through 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.
5 Examine yourselves, whether you are in supernatural belief and trust Test your own selves. Don't you know that Jesus Christ is in you, or aren't you standing the test?
6 But I expect that you shall know that we are not reprobates.
7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your completion.
10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me into building up, and not into destruction.
11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Be prepared, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13 All the saints salute you.
14 The divine power for righteousness, holiness, and redemption 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.