with Timothy (Timotheus), to believers in Corinth
and its surrounding areas, years after
Jesus the Christ, the Son of God,
resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven:
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? But I trust that ye shall know that we are not 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. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 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. 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. Greet one another with an holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.-2 Corinthians 13:5-14
Reference Information:
edification = oikodomen/oikosdoma = building, upbuilding
perfect = katartizesthe/katartizo = completed, prepared, restored
perfection = katartisin/katartizo = equipping, preparing, restoration
reprobates = adokimoi/adokimos = rejected, castaway, worthless, unapproved
perfect = katartizesthe/katartizo = completed, prepared, restored
perfection = katartisin/katartizo = equipping, preparing, restoration
reprobates = adokimoi/adokimos = rejected, castaway, worthless, unapproved
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