¹劝勉和祝福

¹This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” Deuteronomy 19:15

²我第二次到你们那里去的时候说过，现今不在你们那里，再预先对那些从前犯了罪的和其余的人说：我若再来，必不宽容，

²I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, 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;

³因为你们在找基督借着我说话的凭据。基督对你们不是软弱的，相反地，在你们身上是有能力的。

³seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.

⁴他因着软弱被钉死了，却靠着　神的大能活着。我们在他里面也是软弱的，但靠着　神向你们所显的大能，也必与他一同活着。

⁴For 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.

⁵你们应当察验自己是不是持守着信仰，也应当考验自己。难道不晓得基督耶稣是在你们里面吗？（除非你们是经不起考验的人。）

⁵Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

⁶我盼望你们晓得，我们不是经不起考验的人。

⁶But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.

⁷我们祈求　神，使你们不作什么恶事。这并不是要显明我们是经得起考验的，而是要你们行善；我们呢，就让我们作经不起考验的人好了！

⁷Now 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 are as reprobate.

⁸我们不能作什么事违背真理，只能维护真理。

⁸For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

⁹当我们软弱、你们刚强的时候，我们就欢喜；我们所求的，就是要你们完全。

⁹For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

¹⁰因此，我趁着不在你们那里的时候，把这些话写给你们，到我来了，就不必凭着主所给我的权柄严厉地对待你们。这权柄不是要拆毁你们，而是要建立你们。

¹⁰For 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.

¹¹最后，弟兄们，你们要喜乐，要完全，要受安慰，要同心，要和睦。这样，施慈爱赐平安的　神必与你们同在。

¹¹Finally, 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.

¹²你们要用圣洁的亲嘴彼此问安。

¹²Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹³众圣徒都问候你们。

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹⁴愿主耶稣基督的恩惠，　神的慈爱，圣灵的契通，常与你们众人同在。

¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.