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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 once before, and now being absent I write to forewarn you and all that have sinned, that when I shall arrive, I will not spare them; 3 since you demand a proof of my mission from Christ, who with regard to you has shown no want of power among you. 4 for tho' he was crucified with the appearance of weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; tho' we are afflicted upon his account, we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. 5 Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; bring yourselves to the proof; are you so little acquainted with yourselves, as not to know whether Jesus Christ be in you? but if you are destitute of proofs, 6 I trust you shall know that we are not so destitute, 7 now I pray God that I may not punish you; not that I may show you my proofs to your cost, but that by your acting honestly, I may be as if I had no proofs: 2 Corinthians 13:1-7, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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