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2 Corinthians 13 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Coming with Authority
Paul’s Warning; Greetings and Benediction

2Co 13:1

2Co 13:1This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”[fn]

2Co 13:2

2Co 13:2I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write[fn] to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare—

2Co 13:3

2Co 13:3since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

2Co 13:4

2Co 13:4For 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.

2Co 13:5

2Co 13:5Examine 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.

2Co 13:6

2Co 13:6But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
Paul Prefers Gentleness

2Co 13:7

2Co 13:7Now I[fn] 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.

2Co 13:8

2Co 13:8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

2Co 13:9

2Co 13:9For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.

2Co 13:10

2Co 13:10Therefore 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

2Co 13:11

2Co 13:11Finally, 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.

2Co 13:12

2Co 13:12Greet one another with a holy kiss.

2Co 13:13

2Co 13:13All the saints greet you.

2Co 13:14

2Co 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
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NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text omits I write.
NU-Text reads we.
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