2 Corinthians 13:2

American Standard Version (1901)

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: 2 yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame: 9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. 10 For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account. 11 Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults; 21 lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
  • 1 Cor 4:19-21 : 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 13:1
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    1This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.

  • 2 Cor 12:20-21
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    20For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

    21lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

  • 1 Cor 5:3
    74%

    3For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

  • 2 Cor 2:1-6
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    1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

    2For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

    3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

    4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

    5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

    6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

    14Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden 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.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • 2 Cor 2:9-10
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    9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

    10But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;

  • 2 Thess 2:5
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    5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

  • 1 Cor 4:14
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    14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

  • 1 Tim 3:14
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    14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3I say it not to condemn [you] : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

  • 1 Cor 4:18
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    18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
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    1This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;

    2that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:

  • Heb 13:22
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    22But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

  • 2 Cor 10:11
    70%

    11Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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    3And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

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    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 10:9
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    9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

  • 1 Cor 4:21
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    21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    15But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

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    12Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you] .

  • 1 Cor 16:5
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    5But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;

  • 2 Pet 1:15
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    15Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

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    19And I exhort [you] the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

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    7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

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    14And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

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    13For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end: