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2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

2 I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,

3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
KJV
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
WEB
This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
ASV
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word established.
DARBY
This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter be established.
BLB
This third [time] I am coming to you⁺. “On the mouth of two or three witnesses every word will be established.”
ÅB
Det er nå tredje gang jeg kommer til dere. Ved to og tre vitners ord skal hver sak stå fast.
OTB
Dette er tredje gang jeg kommer til dere. Hver sak skal bekreftes ved vitnesbyrd fra to eller tre vitner.
B1930
Det er nu tredje gang jeg kommer til eder. Ved to og tre vidners ord skal hver sak stå fast.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 18:16

    But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

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  • Deuteronomy 19:15

    A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:6

    On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

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  • John 8:17–18

    Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

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  • Numbers 35:30

    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:14

    See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

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  • Matthew 26:60–61

    But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

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  • 1 Kings 21:10

    But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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