1 kSee ch. 12:14 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be establishedlCited from Deut. 19:15; See Num. 35:30 by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 2 mch. 10:2 I warnednch. 12:21 those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, thatover. 10; See 1 Cor. 4:21 if I come again I will not spare them— 3 since you seek proof that ChristpSee Matt. 10:20; 1 Cor. 5:4 is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, butqch. 10:4 is powerful among you. 4 Forr[Phil. 2:7, 8; 1 Pet. 3:18] he was crucified in weakness, butsSee Rom. 1:4; 6:4 lives by the power of God. Fort[ch. 12:10] we also are weak in him, but in dealing with youuSee Rom. 6:8 we will live with him by the power of God.
5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith.v[1 Cor. 11:28; Gal. 6:4] Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, thatwRom. 8:10; Gal. 4:19 Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 6 I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. 7 But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 For we are glad whenx1 Cor. 4:10; [ch. 4:12; 12:5, 9, 10] we are weak and you are strong. YouryEph. 4:12; 1 Thess. 3:10; [ver. 11] restoration is what we pray for. 10 For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I comez[ch. 2:3] I may not have to beaTitus 1:13 severe in my use ofbch. 10:8 the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
11 Finally, brothers, rejoice.cSee Luke 6:40 Aim for restoration, comfort one another,2Or listen to my appealdSee Rom. 12:16 agree with one another,eSee Mark 9:50 live in peace; and the God of love andfSee Rom. 15:33 peace will be with you. 12 gSee Rom. 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 hPhil. 4:22 All the saints greet you.
14 iRom. 16:20 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ andjJude 21 the love of God andkPhil. 2:1 the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.