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¹ This is the third time that I have prepare to come to you; that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.² I have before said to you, and again I say to you beforehand, (as also I said to you a second time, while I was with you; and now also, while absent, I write to those who have sinned and to the others,) that if I come again, I will not spare:³ because ye demand proof, that it is the Messiah that speaketh by me, who hath not been powerless among you, but powerful among you.⁴ For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is among you.⁵ 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye stand in the faith: prove yourselves. Do ye not acknowledge that Jesus the Messiah is in you? And if [fn] not, ye are reprobates. ⁶ But, I trust, ye will know that we are not reprobates.

⁷ And I beseech God, that there may be no evil in you, so that the proof of us may appear: and yet, that ye may be doers of good things, though we be as reprobates.⁸ 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but [fn] for the truth. ⁹ And we rejoice, when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, that ye may be perfected.¹⁰ Therefore, while absent, I write these things; lest when I come, I should act with rigor, according to the authority which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.

¹¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.¹² Salute ye one another, with a holy kiss.¹³ All the saints salute you.¹⁴ The peace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.