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1This is the pa'am hashlishit I am coming to you; by the PI SHNAYIM SHLOSHAH EDIM (by the mouth of two or three witnesses) , every dvar shall be established.[#13:1 2C 12:14; #13:1 Dt 19:15]
2I warned those who committed averos before and all the rest, and, now absent, I warn them again, as I did when I made pakad (visit) the pa'am hashenit, that if I come again, I will not spare, I will not be lenient,
3Als (since) you seek to test if Moshiach is speaking in me. Moshiach is not weak toward you, but is GIBBOR in you.[#13:3 Isa 9:5]
4For indeed he was talui al HaEtz (being hanged on the Tree) out of weakness, but Moshiach lives by the gevurat Hashem . Likewise, we are weak in him, yet we will live with him by the gevurat Hashem (the power of G-d) toward you.[#13:4 Dt 21:23; #13:4 Pp 2:7-8]
5Perform a bedikah (examination) on yourselves to see if you are in the emunah (faith) . Test and prove yourselves. Or do you yourselves not have da'as that Moshiach is in you? Unless you are reprobate and unapproved.[#13:5 Orthodox Jewish; #13:5 1C 11:28; #13:5 Lam 3:40]
6But I have tikvah that you will have da'as that we are not unapproved.
7Now we daven (pray) to Hashem that you do not do any rah (evil) , not that we Shlichim may appear to have stood the test, but that you may do hatov (the good) , though we may seem to have failed.
8For we are not able to do anything against HaEmes, but only for HaEmes.[#13:8 1C 13:6]
9For we have lev same'ach when we are megareia (weakened) and you are strong, for this also we daven (pray) , that is, for your shelemut (perfection) , your tikkun (restoration repair) .
10Therefore, while I am absent I write this iggeret so that when I am present I may not treat you with severity, according to the samchut (authority) which Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu gave me for your chozek (strength) and not for your churban.[#13:10 2C 2:3; 10:8,11]
11For the rest, Achim b'Moshiach, rejoice with simcha. Come to order and chazzak (be strong) ! Have achdus (unity) in your machshavot (thoughts) . Live in shalom. And the G-d of ahavah and shalom will be with you.[#13:11 Pp 4:4; #13:11 Ro 15:33]
12Greet one another with a neshikat hakodesh.
13All the Kedoshim say, “Shalom!”
14The Chen v'Chesed Adoneinu Moshiach and the ahavas Hashem and the dveykus HaRuach Hakodesh be with you all.[#13:14 [Zohar telat rishin khad hu, three heads are one, Zohar vol iii p.288 versa Amsterdam Edition.] Rav Sha'ul has “boasted” of his weaknesses. The hardships he tells us about in chapters 4:8-9; 6:4-5; 11:23-29; 12:10 are evidence that has been the author of his ministry which would otherwise have been impossible if G-d did not show His strength through weak and unworthy vessels, which is what all ministers are. This letter was written more than ten years before Rav Sha'ulʼs martyrdom.]