CHAPTER 13
1 This is the third time I am coming to you.
In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2
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: 3 Since ye seek a
proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in
you. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth
by the power of God. For we also are weak in hima, but we shall
live with him by the power of God toward you. 5 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? 6
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
7 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. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and
this also we wish, even your perfectionb. 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.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
a in
him: or, with him
b perfection:
or, reformation, or, restoration
COMMENTARIES:
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
The People’s New Testament
COMMENTARIES:
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
The People’s New Testament