Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” New Living Translation This is the third time I am coming to visit you (and as the Scriptures say, “The facts of every case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses”). English Standard Version This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. Berean Standard Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” Berean Literal Bible This third time I am coming to you. "In the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter will be established." King James Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. New King James Version This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” New American Standard Bible This is the third time that I am coming to you. ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER SHALL BE CONFIRMED. NASB 1995 This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. NASB 1977 This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. Legacy Standard Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER SHALL BE CONFIRMED. Amplified Bible This is the third time that I am visiting you. EVERY FACT SHALL BE SUSTAINED and CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. Christian Standard Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. American Standard Version This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. Aramaic Bible in Plain English This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” Contemporary English Version I am on my way to visit you for the third time. And as the Scriptures say, "Any charges must be proved true by at least two or three witnesses." Douay-Rheims Bible Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand. English Revised Version This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is the third time that I'll be visiting you. Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses. Good News Translation This is now the third time that I am coming to visit you. "Any accusation must be upheld by the evidence of two or more witnesses"--as the scripture says. International Standard Version This will be the third time I am coming to you. "Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses." Literal Standard Version I come to you this third time; on the mouth of two or three witnesses will every saying be established; Majority Standard Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” New American Bible This third time I am coming to you. “On the testimony of two or three witnesses a fact shall be established.” NET Bible This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. New Revised Standard Version This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.” New Heart English Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be established." Webster's Bible Translation This is the third time I am coming to you: By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. Weymouth New Testament This intended visit of mine is my third visit to you. "On the evidence of two or three witnesses every charge shall be sustained." World English Bible This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” Young's Literal Translation This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Examine Yourselves1This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” 2I 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,… Cross References 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. 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. 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.' 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. Treasury of Scripture This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. the third. 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. In. 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. 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. 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. Jump to Previous Charge Confirmed Established Evidence Fact Intended Matter Mouth Sustained Testimony Third Three Time Visit Witnesses WordJump to Next Charge Confirmed Established Evidence Fact Intended Matter Mouth Sustained Testimony Third Three Time Visit Witnesses Word2 Corinthians 13 1. Paul threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners.5. And, advising them to a trial of their faith, 7. and to a reformation of their sins before his coming, 11. he concludes his epistle with a general exhortation and a prayer. XIII. (1) This is the third time I am coming to you.--The words may point either to three actual visits--(1) that of Acts 18:1; (2) an unrecorded visit (of which, however, there is no trace), during St. Paul's stay at Ephesus; and (3) that now in contemplation--or (1) to one actual visit, as before; (2) the purposed visit which had been abandoned (see Notes on 2Corinthians 1:16); and (3) that which he now has in view. The latter interpretation falls in best with the known facts of the case, and is in entire accordance both with his language in 2Corinthians 12:14, and with his mode of expressing his intentions, as in 1Corinthians 16:5. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.--There seems no adequate reason for not taking these words in their simple and natural meaning. The rule, quoted from Numbers 35:30, Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15, was of the nature of an axiom of Jewish, one might almost say of natural, law. And it had received a fresh prominence from our Lord's reproduction of it in giving directions as for the discipline of the society which He came to found. (See Note on Matthew 18:16.) What more natural than that St. Paul should say, "When I come, there will be no more surmises and vague suspicions, but every offence will be dealt with in a vigorous and full inquiry"? There seems something strained, almost fantastic, in the interpretation which, catching at the accidental juxtaposition of "the third time" and the "three witnesses," assumes that the Apostle personifies his actual or intended visits, and treats them as the witnesses whose testimony was to be decisive. It is a fatal objection to this view that it turns the judge into a prosecutor, and makes him appeal to his own reiteration of his charges as evidence of their truth. . . . Verse 1. - This is the third time I am coming to you. I have thrice formed the intention, though the second time I had to forego my plan (2 Corinthians 1:15-17). In the mouth of two or three witnesses. The quotation is from Deuteronomy 19:15. It has been explained as a reference to examinations which he intended to hold on his arrival at Corinth. It is much more probable that St. Paul is representing his separate visits as separate attestations to the truths which he preaches.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek This [is]τοῦτο (touto) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. [the] third [time] Τρίτον (Triton) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5154: Third. Ordinal from treis; third; neuter a third part, or a third time, thirdly. I am coming ἔρχομαι (erchomai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. you. ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. “Every πᾶν (pan) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. matter ῥῆμα (rhēma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4487: From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever. must be established σταθήσεται (stathēsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. by Ἐπὶ (Epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. [the] testimony στόματος (stomatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword. of two δύο (dyo) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'. or καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. three τριῶν (triōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'. witnesses.” μαρτύρων (martyrōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'. Links 2 Corinthians 13:1 NIV2 Corinthians 13:1 NLT 2 Corinthians 13:1 ESV 2 Corinthians 13:1 NASB 2 Corinthians 13:1 KJV 2 Corinthians 13:1 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 13:1 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 13:1 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 13:1 French Bible 2 Corinthians 13:1 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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