2. I 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. seeing that you seek a proof of Messiah who speaks in me; who towards you is not weak, but is powerful in you.
4. For 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 towards you.
5. Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Yeshua the Messiah is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
6. But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.
7. Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honourable, though we are as reprobate.
8. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9. For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.