(KJV) 2 Corinthians 13¹

⥃Examine Yourselves

[1] This [is] the third² [time] I am comin³g to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. [2] I told⁴ you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being⁵ absent now I write to them which heretofore⁶ have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: [3] Since ye seek⁷ a proof of Christ⁸ speaking in me, which⁹ to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. [4] For though he was¹⁰ crucified through weakness, yet¹¹ he liveth by the power of God. For we also¹² are weak in him¹³, but¹⁴ we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. [5] Examine¹⁵ yourselves, whether ye be in the faith¹⁶; prove your own selves. Know¹⁷ ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ¹⁸ is in you, except ye be reprobates¹⁹? [6] But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.²⁰ [7] Now I pray²¹ to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved²², but that ye should do that which is honest²³, though we be as reprobates²⁴. [8] For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.²⁵ [9] For we are glad, when²⁶ we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even²⁷] your perfection. [10] Therefore I write²⁸ these things being absent, lest²⁹ being present I should use sharpness, according³⁰ to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

⥃Benediction and Farewell

[11] Finally, brethren, farewell³¹. Be perfect³², be of good³³ comfort, be of one³⁴ mind, live³⁵ in peace; and the God³⁶ of love and peace shall be with³⁷ you. [12] Greet one another with an holy kiss.³⁸ [13] All the saints salute you.³⁹ [14] The grace⁴⁰ of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love⁴¹ of God, and the communion⁴² of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen⁴³.