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

2 I 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,

3 seeing that you seek a proof of Christ
who speaks in me who is not weak, but is
powerful in you.

4 For he was crucified through weakness,
yet he lives through the power of God. For
we also are weak in him, but we will live
withhimthroughthe power of God toward
you. 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.

6 But I hope that you will know that we
aren’ t disqualified.

7 Now 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.