2 Corinthians 13

1This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”Cross-references: Num 35:30 · Deut 17:6 · Deut 19:15 · 1Ki 21:10 · 1Ki 21:13 · Matt 18:16 · +4 more

2I have warned previously, and I warn again, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now and to all the rest that if I come again, I will not spare,Cross-references: 1Cor 4:19 · 1Cor 5:5 · 2Cor 1:23 · 2Cor 10:1 · 2Cor 10:8 · 2Cor 12:20 · +1 more

3seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me who is not weak, but is powerful in you.Cross-references: Matt 10:20 · Matt 18:18 · Luke 21:15 · 1Cor 5:4 · 1Cor 9:1 · 2Cor 2:6 · +5 more

4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.Cross-references: Luke 22:43 · John 10:18 · Acts 2:36 · Acts 3:16 · Acts 4:10 · Rom 1:4 · +16 more

5Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.Cross-references: Ps 17:3 · Ps 26:2 · Ps 119:59 · Ps 139:23 · Jer 6:30 · Lam 3:40 · +44 more

6But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.Cross-references: 2Cor 12:20 · 2Cor 13:3 · 2Cor 13:10

7Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we may seem to have failed.Cross-references: 1Chr 4:10 · Matt 6:13 · John 17:15 · Rom 12:17 · Rom 13:13 · Rom 16:10 · +16 more

8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.Cross-references: Num 16:28 · 1Ki 22:28 · 2Ki 1:9 · 2Ki 2:23 · Prov 21:30 · Prov 26:2 · +12 more

9For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.Cross-references: 1Cor 4:10 · 2Cor 7:1 · 2Cor 11:30 · 2Cor 12:5 · 2Cor 13:7 · 2Cor 13:11 · +10 more

10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.Cross-references: 1Cor 4:21 · 2Cor 2:3 · 2Cor 10:2 · 2Cor 10:8 · 2Cor 12:20 · 2Cor 13:2 · +2 more

11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.Cross-references: Gen 37:4 · Gen 45:24 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 5:48 · Mark 9:50 · Mark 10:49 · +41 more

12Greet one another with a holy kiss.Cross-references: Rom 16:16 · 1Cor 16:20 · 1Thess 5:26 · 1Pet 5:14

13All the saints greet you.Cross-references: Rom 16:16 · Rom 16:21 · Phil 4:21 · Phlm 1:23 · Heb 13:24 · 1Pet 5:13 · +2 more

14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.Cross-references: Num 6:23 · Matt 6:13 · Matt 28:19 · John 1:16 · John 4:10 · John 4:14 · +27 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →