Mosaico decorativo

1. Ecce tertio hoc venio ad vos; in ore duorum vel trium testium stabit omne verbum.

1. This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

2. Praedixi et praedico, ut praesens bis et nunc absens his, qui ante peccaverunt, et ceteris omnibus, quoniam, si venero iterum, non parcam,

2. I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them --

3. quoniam experimentum quaeritis eius, qui in me loquitur, Christi, qui in vos non infirmatur, sed potens est in vobis.

3. since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you.

4. Nam etsi crucifixus est ex infirmitate, sed vivit ex virtute Dei. Nam et nos infirmi sumus in illo, sed vivemus cum eo ex virtute Dei in vos.

4. For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we shall live with him by the power of God.

5. Vosmetipsos tentate, si estis in fide; ipsi vos probate. An non cognoscitis vos ipsos, quia Iesus Christus in vobis est? Nisi forte reprobi estis.

5. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

6. Spero autem quod cognoscetis quia nos non sumus reprobi.

6. I hope you will find out that we have not failed.

7. Oramus autem Deum, ut nihil mali faciatis, non ut nos probati pareamus, sed ut vos, quod bonum est, faciatis, nos autem ut reprobi simus.

7. But we pray God that you may not do wrong -- not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.

8. Non enim possumus aliquid adversus veritatem, sed pro veritate.

8. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

9. Gaudemus enim, quando nos infirmi sumus, vos autem potentes estis; hoc et oramus, vestram consummationem.

9. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement.

10. Ideo haec absens scribo, ut non praesens durius agam secundum potestatem, quam Dominus dedit mihi in aedificationem et non in destructionem.

10. I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

11. De cetero, fratres, gaudete, perfecti estote, exhortamini invicem, idem sapite, pacem habete, et Deus dilectionis et pacis erit vobiscum.

11. Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

12. Salutate invicem in osculo sancto. Salutant vos sancti omnes.

12. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

13. Gratia Domini Iesu Christi et caritas Dei et communicatio Sancti Spiritus cum omnibus vobis.

13. All the saints greet you.

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



Leggi la Bibbia in un anno

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