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警告和问候

13 这是我第三次要到你们那里去。“任何指控都要凭两个或三个证人的口述才能成立。” 对那些犯了罪的人和其余所有的人,正如我第二次见你们的时候曾说过,现在不在你们那里再次说:“我若再来,必不宽容。” 因为你们想求证基督是否藉着我说话。基督对你们并不是软弱的,而是在你们里面大有能力的。 他因软弱被钉在十字架上,却因 神的大能仍然活着。我们在他里面也成为软弱的,但对你们,我们将因 神的大能而与他一同活着。

你们总要省察自己是否在信仰中生活;你们要考验自己。除非你们经不起考验,你们自己岂不应该知道有耶稣基督在你们里面吗? 我希望你们知道,我们并不是经不起考验的人。 我们祈求 神使你们不做任何恶事;这不是要显明我们是经得起考验的,而是要你们行事端正,即使我们似乎经不起考验也没有关系。 我们不能做任何对抗真理的事,只能维护真理。 当我们软弱而你们刚强时,我们也欢喜。我们所祈求的是:你们能成为完全人。 10 所以,我不在你们那里的时候,把这些话写给你们,好使我见你们的时候不用照主所给我的权柄严厉地待你们;这权柄原是为造就人,而不是为摧毁人。

11 末了,弟兄们,愿你们喜乐。要追求完全;要接受鼓励;要同心合意;要彼此和睦。如此,慈爱和平的 神必与你们同在。 12 你们要用圣洁的吻彼此问安。众圣徒都向你们问安。

13 愿主耶稣基督的恩惠、 神的慈爱、圣灵的感动常与你们众人同在!

最后的警告

13 这是我第三次要去你们那里。圣经上说:“任何控告必须有两三个证人作证才能成立。” 我第二次去探望你们的时候已经警告过了,如今我虽然不在你们那里,但仍要再次警告那些犯罪的人以及其余的人:我再来的时候,必不宽容。 既然你们要我证明是基督借着我说话,那么你们当知道,基督处理你们这类的事绝不软弱,祂在你们当中充满力量。 不错,祂的软弱之躯曾被钉在十字架上,但如今祂靠上帝的大能活着。我们也跟祂一样软弱,但为了你们,我们要靠上帝的大能和祂一同活着。

你们要自我省察,看看自己是否真正信主,也要察验自己。除非你们经不起察验,否则,你们应该知道耶稣基督住在你们里面。 我希望你们会知道,我们是经得起考验的。 我们祈求上帝使你们一件恶事都不做,不是为了要显明我们经得起考验,而是要你们行事端正,就算我们经不起考验也无妨。 因为我们不能抵挡真理,只能拥护真理。 只要你们刚强,我们就是软弱也欢喜。我们为你们祈祷,盼望你们做纯全的人。 10 我写这封信是预先警告你们,免得我到你们当中的时候,必须运用基督给我的权柄严厉地对待你们。基督赐给我这权柄是为了造就人,不是毁坏人。

劝勉与祝福

11 最后,弟兄姊妹,我还有几句话要说:你们要喜乐,追求完善,接受劝勉,同心合意,和睦共处。这样,仁爱和平的上帝必常与你们同在。

12 你们要以圣洁的吻彼此问候。 13 全体圣徒都问候你们。

14 愿主耶稣基督的恩典、上帝的慈爱、圣灵的感动,常与你们众人同在!

Final Warnings

13 This will be my third visit to you.(A) “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”[a](B) I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(C) On my return I will not spare(D) those who sinned earlier(E) or any of the others, since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me.(F) He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(G) yet he lives by God’s power.(H) Likewise, we are weak(I) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(J) in our dealing with you.

Examine yourselves(K) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(L) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(M)—unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. We are glad whenever we are weak(N) but you are strong;(O) and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.(P) 10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh(Q) in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.(R)

Final Greetings

11 Finally, brothers and sisters,(S) rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace.(T) And the God of love(U) and peace(V) will be with you.

12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.(W) 13 All God’s people here send their greetings.(X)

14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,(Y) and the love of God,(Z) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit(AA) be with you all.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:1 Deut. 19:15

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.