I told you before, and foretell you, as if I werepresent, the secondtime; and beingabsent now I write to themwhichheretoforehavesinned, and to all other, that, if I comeagain, I will not spare:
For though he was crucifiedthroughweakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shalllivewith him by the power of God toward you.
Examineyourselves, whether ye be in the faith; proveyour own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how thatJesusChrist is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Therefore I writethesethingsbeingabsent, lestbeingpresent I should use sharpness, according to the powerwhich the Lordhathgiven me to edification, and not to destruction.