2 Corinthians 13:1-7 ▼

1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. |Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses.|

2 I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,

3 since you want proof that the Messiah is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is making his power felt among you.

4 Though he was crucified in weakness, he lives by God's power. We are weak with him, but by God's power we will live for you.

5 Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?

6 I hope you will realize that we haven't failed our test.

7 We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not to show that we have not failed the test, but so that you may do what is right, even if we seem to have failed.