2 Corinthians 13:1 — Community Reflections

2 CORINTHIANS 13:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

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

This will be my third visit to you. 'Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses' — Paul invokes *Deuteronomy 19:15*: the *logon* (word/matter) must be *stathē* (established) by *stóma... distin... trion martyrōn*, the witness of two or three. Paul's *third visit* functions as *judicial proceeding*. The *final confrontation* requires *legal formality*.

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Living with purpose — 2 Corinthians 13

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakne...