2 Corinthians 13:1-4
A CONCLUDING ADMONITION AND GREETINGS. Paul announces his determination to use all severity, if necessary:... [ Continue Reading ]
A CONCLUDING ADMONITION AND GREETINGS. Paul announces his determination to use all severity, if necessary:... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I AM COMING TO YOU. IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES SHALL EVERY WORD BE ESTABLISHED.... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
SINCE YE SEEK A PROOF OF CHRIST SPEAKING IN ME, WHICH TO YOU-WARD IS NOT WEAK, BUT IS MIGHTY IN YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Paul here follows his usual method of making the end of his letters as impressive as possible. In a very formal manner he announces... [ Continue Reading ]
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?... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul appeals to his readers to stand approved of Christ:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I TRUST THAT YE SHALL KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT REPROBATES.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH, BUT FOR THE TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE ARE GLAD WHEN WE ARE WEAK AND YE ARE STRONG; AND THIS ALSO WE WISH, EVEN YOUR PERFECTION.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. In opposition to the thought presented in v. 3, according to which the Corinthians desired a proof of Christ in him, t... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SAINTS SALUTE YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY GHOST BE WITH YOU ALL! AMEN. Paul cannot refrain from closing without some cheering remarks, altogether in his customary mild tone. He bears them no personal grudge, and all vindictiveness is foreign to his nature... [ Continue Reading ]