5Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you yourselves really not know that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
6Well I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
7Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is right (even though we may appear to have failed).
8For we cannot do anything against the Truth, but only for the Truth.
9Now we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And we also pray for this, your perfecting.
10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when present I may not have to deal harshly, according to the authority that the Lord gave me, for building up and not for tearing down.
11Finally, brothers, rejoice; restore each other; encourage one another; be of one mind; live in peace; and the God of the love and the peace will be with you.
12Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13All the saints greet you.
2 Corinthians 13
2 Corinthians 13:5-13