2 Corinthians 13:2

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

1This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

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

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Cross References

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

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

2 Corinthians 10:8for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall 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 did give 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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