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This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established."
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A Final, Decisive Visit
Paul's announcement of a third visit carries a tone of finality. Commentators explain that after previous delays and accusations that he was weak, Paul is making it clear this visit is for decisive action. He is no longer just warning; he is coming to exercise apostolic authority and address unrepentant sin within the church.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Introduction to 2 Corinthians Chapter 13
This closing chapter of the epistle relates to the following subjects:
The assuranc…
The third time I am coming (τριτον ερχομα). Either the third that he had planned to come or that he had been twice. The warning is…
19th Century
Anglican
This is the third time I am coming to you (2 Corinthians 13:1). These words may point to one of two possibili…
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After expressing his personal fears about the forthcoming third visit (12:20– 21), Paul issues two direct warnings relative to this issue: “Every m…
16th Century
Protestant
This will be the third. He goes on to reprove still further the insolence of those about whom he had been speaking. Some of them were livi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This is the third time I am coming to you Or "am ready to come to you", as the Alexandrian copy reads, as in ([Refer…
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Though it is God's gracious method to bear long with sinners, yet He will not bear always; eventually He will come, and will not spare those who re…
13th Century
Catholic
Having said many things to the disadvantage of the false apostles, the Apostle now speaks against those who have been misled by them. In this regar…
