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

¹Sedaj grem tretjič k vam. Na tem, kar povesta dve priči ali tri, bo stala vsaka beseda.

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;

²Prej sem povedal in prej pravim, kakor drugič navzočen in sedaj nenavzočen, tem, kateri so prej grešili, in vsem drugim: kadar pridem zopet, ne bom prizanašal;

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

³ker iščete dokaza, da v meni govori Kristus, ki za vas ni slaboten, temuč je močan med vami.

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.

⁴Kajti čeprav je bil na križ razpet po slabosti, vendar živi po moči Božji. In tako smo tudi mi slabotni v njem, ali živeli bomo ž njim po moči Božji za vas.

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.

⁵Sami sebe izkušajte, če ste v veri, sami sebe ogledujte! Ali pa ne poznate sami sebe, da je Jezus Kristus v vas? razen če ste morda odvrženi.

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

⁶Upam pa, da boste spoznali, da mi nismo odvrženi.

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.

⁷Molimo pa k Bogu, da ne storite nič hudega, ne da se mi pokažemo preizkušene, ampak da vi dobro delate, čeprav bomo mi kakor odvrženi.

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

⁸Kajti ničesar ne moremo zoper resnico, ampak vse za resnico.

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

⁹Veselimo se namreč, kadar smo mi slabotni, a vi močni; da, zato tudi molimo: za vašo popolnost.

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.

¹⁰Zato pišem to nenavzočen, da mi v navzočnosti ne bo treba biti ostremu po oblasti, ki mi jo je dal Gospod na zidanje in ne na razdevanje.

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.

¹¹Sicer se pa, bratje, radujte, bodite popolni, tolažite se, ene misli bodite, v miru živite; in Bog ljubezni in miru bode z vami.

¹²Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹²Pozdravite drug drugega v svetem poljubu!

¹³All the saints greet you.

¹³Pozdravljajo vas vsi sveti.Milost Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa in ljubezen Božja in deleštvo svetega Duha z vsemi vami!

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

¹⁴Milost Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa in ljubezen Božja in deleštvo svetega Duha z vsemi vami!