6. But I hope that you will realize that we haven’t failed the test.
7. Now we pray to God that you do no wrong—not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but in order that you may do what is right even if we may seem to have failed.
8. For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
9. For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this—your perfecting.
10. For this reason I write these things while I am absent, so that when I am present I need not proceed harshly, according to the authority which the Lord gave me—for building up and not for tearing down.
11. Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Aim for restoration, encourage one another, be of the same mind, live in shalom—and the God of love and shalom will be with you.
12. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the kedoshim greet you.
13. The grace of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah and the love of God and the fellowship of the Ruach ha-Kodesh be with you all. Amen.