Parallel Bible results for "2 Corinthians 13:1-6"

2 Corinthians 13:1-6

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1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. "By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established."
1 This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
2 I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare--
2 I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others,
3 since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.
3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
4 For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.
5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.
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