2 Corinthians 13:1 “This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be estab…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

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.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand

Darby Translation

This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter 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;

Bible in Basic English

This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

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Cross references

“the third”

2 Corinthians 12:14

2 Corinthians 12:14 · BSB

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.

“In”

Matthew 18:16 Deuteronomy 19:15 Deuteronomy 17:6 Numbers 35:30 1 Kings 21:10 1 Kings 21:13

Matthew 18:16 · BSB

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.’

Deuteronomy 19:15 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 17:6 · BSB

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.

Numbers 35:30 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 21:10 · BSB

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.”

1 Kings 21:13 · BSB

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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,

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