1. This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
2. I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
3. seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
4. for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
5. Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.
6. But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.