2 Corinthians 13:1

This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter be established.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

In Context

2I have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death: he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.

1 Kings 1:14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words.

1 Kings 21:13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Matthew 26:60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward

2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 13:1

In this chapter the apostle threatens to be severe against obstinate sinners, and assigns the reason thereof ( ver. 1-6 ); then he makes a suitable prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, with the reasons inducing him thereto ( ver. 7-10 ), and concludes his epistle with a valediction and a benediction, ver. 11-14 . Read the whole commentary →

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