1 This

A ⟨Behold, this⟩

is the third time I am coming

A ⟨ready to come⟩

to you. In

ℵ ⟨That in⟩

the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

1 ¶ This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.

2 I told you before, and foretell you

ℵBA ⟨before and now I foretell⟩

, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write

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to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, 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.

3 seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

4 For though

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he was crucified through weakness, yet

ℵB ⟨but⟩

he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in

ℵB ⟨with⟩

him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you

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.

4 for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves

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. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ

ℵA ⟨Christ Jesus⟩

is

B ⟨is⟩

in you, except ye be reprobates?

5 Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

6 But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

7 Now I

ℵBA ⟨we⟩

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.

7 Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honourable, though we be as reprobate.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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 perfection.

9 For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

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.

10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind,

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live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

11 ¶ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.

12 Salute one another with a holy kiss.

13 All the saints salute you.

13 ¶ All the saints salute you.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

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, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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14 ¶ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.