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| | | This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. | | | This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. |
| − | | | + | | So this is the third time I have come to you. Every word will be established by two or three witnesses. |
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| | | 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 | | | 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 |
| − | | | + | | Today I tell you, as I have told you before; I tell those who have sinned that if I come again I will not have mercy. |
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| | | Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. | | | Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. |
| − | | | + | | Each of you seeks proof that Christ speaks from within me, which is not weak but mighty to you. |
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| | | 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. | | | 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. |
| − | | | + | | Perceiving that he was crucified through weakness, yet knowing that he lived by the power of God. We also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God. |
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| | | 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? | | | 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? |
| − | | | + | | Hasten to understand yourselves, whether or not you have faith; prove yourselves. If you do not know yourselves, how will you know that Jesus Christ is in you? |
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| | | But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. | | | But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. |
| − | | | + | | Each of you I trust is not a reprobate. |
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| | | 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. | | | 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. |
| − | | | + | | Now I pray to God that none of you do evil acts; not for the sake of being approved, but so that you do that which is honest, despite being a reprobate. |
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| | | For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. | | | For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. |
| − | | | + | | Confined we are to be unable to act against the truth, but only act for the truth. |
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| | | For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong and this also we wish, even your perfection. | | | For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong and this also we wish, even your perfection. |
| − | | | + | | Openly are we glad, when we are weak, and you all are strong and we wish this also, even that you be perfect. |
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| | | 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. | | | 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. |
| − | | | + | | Luckily I write these things while being absent, because if I were present I might use sharpness in accordance with the power which the Lord has provided me for purposes of edification and not destruction |
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| | | 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. | | | 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. |
| − | | | + | | Brethren, farewell. Be perfect, of good comfort, of one mind, and live in peace. Do these things and the God of love and peace will be with you. |
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| | | Greet one another with an holy kiss. | | | Greet one another with an holy kiss. |
| − | | | + | | Every person greet with a holy kiss. |
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| | | All the saints salute you. | | | All the saints salute you. |
| − | | | + | | Resoundingly do the saints salute you. |
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| | | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. | | | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. |
| − | | | + | | The grace of Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost all be with you. Amen. |
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