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2 Corinthians 13:1

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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 18:16

    But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:15

    One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:6

    At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

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  • John 8:17–18

    It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

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  • Numbers 35:30

    Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:14

    Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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  • Matthew 26:60–61

    But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

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  • 1 Kings 21:10

    And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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