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2 Corinthians 13
New King James Version

### Coming with Authority

13 This will be (A)the third time I am coming to you. (B)“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 2 (C)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those (D)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again (E)I will not spare— 3 since you seek a proof of Christ (F)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty (G)in you. 4 (H)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (I)He lives by the power of God. For (J)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, (K)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [b]are (L)disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

### Paul Prefers Gentleness

7 Now [c]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though (M)we may seem disqualified. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad (N)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, (O)that you may be made complete. 10 (P)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (Q)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

### Greetings and Benediction

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. (R)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love (S)and peace will be with you.

12 (T)Greet one another with a holy kiss.

13 All the saints greet you.

14 (U)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and (V)the [d]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

#### Footnotes

1. 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write
2. 2 Corinthians 13:5 do not stand the test
3. 2 Corinthians 13:7 NU we
4. 2 Corinthians 13:14 fellowship

#### Cross references

1. 2 Corinthians 13:1 : 2 Cor. 12:14
2. 2 Corinthians 13:1 : Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Matt. 18:16; John 8:17; Heb. 10:28
3. 2 Corinthians 13:2 : 2 Cor. 10:2
4. 2 Corinthians 13:2 : 2 Cor. 12:21
5. 2 Corinthians 13:2 : 2 Cor. 1:23; 10:11
6. 2 Corinthians 13:3 : Matt. 10:20; [1 Cor. 5:4; 7:40]
7. 2 Corinthians 13:3 : [1 Cor. 9:2]
8. 2 Corinthians 13:4 : Phil. 2:7, 8; [1 Pet. 3:18]
9. 2 Corinthians 13:4 : [Rom. 1:4; 6:4; 1 Cor. 6:14]
10. 2 Corinthians 13:4 : [2 Cor. 10:3, 4]
11. 2 Corinthians 13:5 : Rom. 8:10; [Gal. 4:19]
12. 2 Corinthians 13:5 : 1 Cor. 9:27
13. 2 Corinthians 13:7 : 2 Cor. 6:9
14. 2 Corinthians 13:9 : 1 Cor. 4:10
15. 2 Corinthians 13:9 : 1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 13:11; Eph. 4:12; [1 Thess. 3:10]
16. 2 Corinthians 13:10 : 1 Cor. 4:21
17. 2 Corinthians 13:10 : 1 Cor. 5:4; 2 Cor. 10:8
18. 2 Corinthians 13:11 : Rom. 12:16, 18
19. 2 Corinthians 13:11 : Rom. 15:33; Eph. 6:23
20. 2 Corinthians 13:12 : Rom. 16:16
21. 2 Corinthians 13:14 : Rom. 16:24
22. 2 Corinthians 13:14 : Phil. 2:1

New King James Version (NKJV)

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