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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write

Final Warnings to the Church at Corinth

13 This is the third time I am coming to you. By the testimony[a] of two or three witnesses every word[b] will be established. I have already said when I was present the second time, and although I[c] am absent now I also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare anyone, since you are demanding proof that Christ, who is not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me. For indeed, he was crucified because of weakness, but he lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him because of the power of God toward you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:1 Literally “from the mouth”
  2. 2 Corinthians 13:1 Or “matter”
  3. 2 Corinthians 13:2 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am absent”) which is understood as concessive