2 Corinthians 13:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I have said before, and I say `it' before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having sinned before, 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 And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed `am' humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you, 2 and I beseech `you', that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed; 9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters, 10 `because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.' 11 This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are' in deed.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections, 21 lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat `any' sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
  • 1 Cor 4:19-21 : 19 but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power; 20 for not in word is the reign of God, but in power? 21 what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 to deliver up such a one to the Adversary 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 third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

  • 2 Cor 12:20-21
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    20for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

    21lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat `any' sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

  • 1 Cor 5:3
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    3for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

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    23And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

  • 2 Cor 2:1-6
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    1And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

    2for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

    3and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

    4for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

    5And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

    6sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that `is' by the more part,

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    13for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!

    14Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

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    15and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

    16and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

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

    10And to whom ye forgive anything -- I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven `it', because of you -- in the person of Christ -- `I forgive it,'

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    5Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?

  • 1 Cor 4:14
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    14Not `as' putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

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

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3not to condemn you do I say `it', for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,

  • 1 Cor 4:18
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    18And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

  • Rom 1:13
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    13And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that many times I did purpose to come unto you -- and was hindered till the present time -- that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
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    1This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding `you',

    2to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

  • Heb 13:22
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    22And I entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of the exhortation, for also through few words I have written to you.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For, indeed, concerning the ministration that `is' for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are' in deed.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it';

  • 1 Cor 16:3
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    3and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we -- we may be put to shame (that we say not -- ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

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    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2and I beseech `you', that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

  • 2 Cor 10:9
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    9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

  • 1 Cor 4:21
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    21what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

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    15and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.

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    19and more abundantly do I call upon `you' to do this, that more quickly I may be restored to you.

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    13for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,