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World English Bible

2 Corinthians 13 (WEBP)

[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 with him through the power of God toward you.
[5] Examine 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.
[8] For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
[9] For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.
[10] For 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.
[11] Finally, 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.
[12] Greet one another with a holy kiss.
[13] All the saints greet you.
[14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 13:1

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Corinthians 13 (KJVS)

[1] This is the third time I am coming () to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. ()
[2] I told you before, () and foretell you, () as if I were present, () the second time; and being absent () now I write () to them which heretofore have sinned, () and to all other, 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.
[4] For though he was crucified () through weakness, yet he liveth () 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.
[5] Examine () yourselves, whether ye be () in the faith; prove () your own selves. Know ye () not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is () in you, except ye be () reprobates?
[6] But I trust () that ye shall know () that we are () not reprobates.
[7] Now I 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.
[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.
[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.
[11] Finally, brethren, farewell. () Be perfect, () be of good comfort, () be of one mind, () live in peace; () and the God of love and peace shall be () with you.
[12] Greet () one another with an holy kiss.
[13] All the saints salute () you.
[14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written () from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

2 Corinthians 13:4 Or, with him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Corinthians 13 (BYZ)

[1] Τρίτον () τοῦτο () ἔρχομαι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς. () Ἐπὶ () στόματος () δύο () μαρτύρων () καὶ () τριῶν () σταθήσεται () πᾶν () ῥῆμα. ()
[2] Προείρηκα () καὶ () προλέγω, () ὡς () παρὼν () τὸ () δεύτερον, () καὶ () ἀπὼν () νῦν () γράφω () τοῖς () προημαρτηκόσιν () καὶ () τοῖς () λοιποῖς () πᾶσιν, () ὅτι () ἐὰν () ἔλθω () εἰς () τὸ () πάλιν, () οὐ () φείσομαι· ()
[3] ἐπεὶ () δοκιμὴν () ζητεῖτε () τοῦ () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () λαλοῦντος () χριστοῦ, () ὃς () εἰς () ὑμᾶς () οὐκ () ἀσθενεῖ, () ἀλλὰ () δυνατεῖ () ἐν () ὑμῖν· ()
[4] καὶ () γὰρ () εἰ () ἐσταυρώθη () ἐξ () ἀσθενείας, () ἀλλὰ () ζῇ () ἐκ () δυνάμεως () θεοῦ. () Καὶ () γὰρ () ἡμεῖς () ἀσθενοῦμεν () ἐν () αὐτῷ, () ἀλλὰ () ζησόμεθα () σὺν () αὐτῷ () ἐκ () δυνάμεως () θεοῦ () εἰς () ὑμᾶς. ()
[5] Ἑαυτοὺς () πειράζετε () εἰ () ἐστὲ () ἐν () τῇ () πίστει, () ἑαυτοὺς () δοκιμάζετε. () Ἢ () οὐκ () ἐπιγινώσκετε () ἑαυτούς, () ὅτι () Ἰησοῦς () χριστὸς () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἐστίν; () Εἰ () μήτι () ἀδόκιμοί () ἐστε. ()
[6] Ἐλπίζω () δὲ () ὅτι () γνώσεσθε () ὅτι () ἡμεῖς () οὐκ () ἐσμὲν () ἀδόκιμοι. ()
[7] Εὔχομαι () δὲ () πρὸς () τὸν () θεόν, () μὴ () ποιῆσαι () ὑμᾶς () κακὸν () μηδέν, () οὐχ () ἵνα () ἡμεῖς () δόκιμοι () φανῶμεν, () ἀλλ’ () ἵνα () ὑμεῖς () τὸ () καλὸν () ποιῆτε, () ἡμεῖς () δὲ () ὡς () ἀδόκιμοι () ὦμεν. ()
[8] Οὐ () γὰρ () δυνάμεθά () τι () κατὰ () τῆς () ἀληθείας, () ἀλλ’ () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () ἀληθείας. ()
[9] Χαίρομεν () γὰρ () ὅταν () ἡμεῖς () ἀσθενῶμεν, () ὑμεῖς () δὲ () δυνατοὶ () ἦτε· () τοῦτο () δὲ () καὶ () εὐχόμεθα, () τὴν () ὑμῶν () κατάρτισιν. ()
[10] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ταῦτα () ἀπὼν () γράφω, () ἵνα () παρὼν () μὴ () ἀποτόμως () χρήσωμαι, () κατὰ () τὴν () ἐξουσίαν () ἣν () ἔδωκέν () μοι () ὁ () κύριος () εἰς () οἰκοδομήν, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰς () καθαίρεσιν. ()
[11] Λοιπόν, () ἀδελφοί, () χαίρετε· () καταρτίζεσθε, () παρακαλεῖσθε, () τὸ () αὐτὸ () φρονεῖτε, () εἰρηνεύετε· () καὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () ἀγάπης () καὶ () εἰρήνης () ἔσται () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν. ()
[12] Ἀσπάσασθε () ἀλλήλους () ἐν () ἁγίῳ () φιλήματι. ()
[13] Ἀσπάζονται () ὑμᾶς () οἱ () ἅγιοι () πάντες. ()
[14] Ἡ () χάρις () τοῦ () κυρίου () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ, () καὶ () ἡ () ἀγάπη () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἡ () κοινωνία () τοῦ () ἁγίου () πνεύματος () μετὰ () πάντων () ὑμῶν. () Ἀμήν. ()

2 Corinthians 13:2 γράφω ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 13:4a εἰ ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 13:4b ἡμεῖς ¦ SCR καὶ ἡμεῖς
2 Corinthians 13:4c ζησόμεθα ¦ CT ζήσομεν
2 Corinthians 13:4d εἰς ὑμᾶς ¦ [WH]
2 Corinthians 13:5a Ἰησοῦς χριστὸς ¦ TH χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς
2 Corinthians 13:5b ἐστίν ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 13:7 Εὔχομαι ¦ CT Εὐχόμεθα
2 Corinthians 13:8 ἀλλ’ ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH ἀλλὰ
2 Corinthians 13:9 δὲ ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 13:10 ἔδωκέν μοι ὁ κύριος ¦ CT ὁ κύριος ἔδωκέν μοι
2 Corinthians 13:11 εἰρήνης ¦ PCK τῆς εἰρήνης
2 Corinthians 13:14a κυρίου ¦ PCK κυρίου ἡμῶν
2 Corinthians 13:14b χριστοῦ ¦ [WH]
2 Corinthians 13:14c Ἀμήν ¦ CT om.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.