2 Corinthians 13:2

I have said before, and I say [it] before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

In Context

1I come to you this third time; on the mouth of two or three witnesses will every saying be established;

3since you seek a proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak to you, but is powerful in you,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:19but I will come quickly to you, if the LORD may will, and I will not know the word of those puffed up, but the power;

2 Corinthians 1:23And I call on God for a witness on my soul, that sparing you, I did not come to Corinth yet;

2 Corinthians 10:8for even if I will also boast anything more abundantly concerning our authority, that the LORD gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

2 Corinthians 13:10Because of this, these things—being absent—I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the LORD gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 13:2-7

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness,… Read the whole commentary →

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