2 Corinthians 12:20-13:5

English Standard Version

²⁰For I fear that perhaps ^(A)when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. ²¹I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those ^(B)who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, ^(C)sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

Final Warnings

13 ^(D)This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established ^(E)by the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²^(F)I warned ^(G)those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that ^(H)if I come again I will not spare them— ³since you seek proof that Christ ^(I)is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but ^(J)is powerful among you. ⁴For ^(K)he was crucified in weakness, but ^(L)lives by the power of God. For ^(M)we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you ^(N)we will live with him by the power of God.

⁵Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. ^(O)Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that ^(P)Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!