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13 這是我第三次要到你們那裡去。「憑兩三個人的口作見證,句句都要定準。」 我從前說過,如今不在你們那裡又說,正如我第二次見你們的時候所說的一樣,就是對那犯了罪的和其餘的人說:「我若再來,必不寬容。」 你們既然尋求基督在我裡面說話的憑據,我必不寬容。因為基督在你們身上不是軟弱的,在你們裡面是有大能的。 他因軟弱被釘在十字架上,卻因神的大能仍然活著。我們也是這樣同他軟弱,但因神向你們所顯的大能,也必與他同活。

勸門徒自省

你們總要自己省察有信心沒有,也要自己試驗。豈不知你們若不是可棄絕的,就有耶穌基督在你們心裡嗎? 我卻盼望你們曉得,我們不是可棄絕的人。 我們求神叫你們一件惡事都不做。這不是要顯明我們是蒙悅納的,是要你們行事端正;任憑人看我們是被棄絕的吧! 我們凡事不能敵擋真理,只能扶助真理。 即使我們軟弱,你們剛強,我們也歡喜;並且我們所求的,就是你們做完全人。 10 所以,我不在你們那裡的時候把這話寫給你們,好叫我見你們的時候,不用照主所給我的權柄嚴厲地待你們。這權柄原是為造就人,並不是為敗壞人。

勸勉

11 還有末了的話:願弟兄們都喜樂!要做完全人,要受安慰,要同心合意,要彼此和睦,如此,仁愛和平的神必常與你們同在。 12 你們親嘴問安,彼此務要聖潔。

13 眾聖徒都問你們安。

祝福

14 願主耶穌基督的恩惠、神的慈愛、聖靈的感動,常與你們眾人同在!

13 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

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:

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in 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.

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?

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

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.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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

10 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 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 Greet one another with an holy kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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.” (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— since you seek a proof of Christ (F)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty (G)in you. (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.

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. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Paul Prefers Gentleness

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. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 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