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2 Corinthians 13

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBThis is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
    KJVThis is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
  2. 2
    WEBI 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,
    KJVI 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. 3
    WEBseeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me who is not weak, but is powerful in you.
    KJVSince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
  4. 4
    WEBFor 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.
    KJVFor 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. 5
    WEBExamine 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.
    KJVExamine 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. 6
    WEBBut I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.
    KJVBut I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
  7. 7
    WEBNow 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.
    KJVNow 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. 8
    WEBFor we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
    KJVFor we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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    WEBFor we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.
    KJVFor we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
  10. 10
    WEBFor 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.
    KJVTherefore 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.
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    WEBFinally, 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.
    KJVFinally, 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.
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    WEBGreet one another with a holy kiss.
    KJVGreet one another with an holy kiss.
  13. 13
    WEBAll the saints greet you.
    KJVAll the saints salute you.
  14. 14
    WEBThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
    KJVThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.