2 Corinthians 13:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
  • 1 Cor 4:19-21 : 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which 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 in the spirit of meekness?
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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

  • 2 Cor 12:20-21
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    20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

    21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 1 Cor 5:3
    74%

    3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

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

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

    3And I wrote this same unto you, 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 grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

    5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

    6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

    14Behold, 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.

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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward 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 be obedient in all things.

    10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

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

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    14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

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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 with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

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

  • Rom 1:13
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    13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

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    13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

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    1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

    2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

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    22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter 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
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    11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be 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 before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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    3And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

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    4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

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    8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

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    2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think 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 letters.

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

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

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    12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

  • 1 Cor 16:5
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    5Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.

  • 2 Pet 1:15
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    15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

  • Heb 13:19
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    19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

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    7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

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    14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

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    13For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;