2 Corinthians 13:10

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܡܶܛܽܠ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܪܰܚܺܝܩ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܗܳܠܶܝܢ ܟ݁ܳܬ݂ܶܒ݂ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܡܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܐܬ݂ܺܝܬ݂ ܩܰܫܝܳܐܝܺܬ݂ ܐܶܣܥܽܘܪ ܐܰܝܟ݂ ܫܽܘܠܛܳܢܳܐ ܕ݁ܝܰܗ݈ܒ݂ ܠܺܝ ܡܳܪܝ ܠܒ݂ܶܢܝܳܢܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܠܳܐ ܠܣܽܘܚܳܦ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܀

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I write: 2 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 10:2, 2 Corinthians 12:20, 2 Corinthians 12:21, 1 Corinthians 4:21

lest: 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:8, Titus 1:13

according: 2 Corinthians 10:8

Reciprocal: Acts 5:5 - hearing Acts 9:31 - were edified 1 Corinthians 5:4 - when 1 Corinthians 5:5 - deliver 1 Corinthians 9:3 - them 1 Corinthians 14:26 - Let 2 Corinthians 1:23 - that 2 Corinthians 2:1 - that 2 Corinthians 2:6 - which 2 Corinthians 7:3 - to condemn 2 Corinthians 10:6 - in 2 Corinthians 10:11 - such 2 Corinthians 11:21 - as though 2 Corinthians 12:19 - but 2 Corinthians 13:6 - General Galatians 5:10 - bear 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - when 2 Thessalonians 3:15 - count 1 Timothy 1:20 - I have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore I write these things being absent,.... Assuring them of his power and authority, expressing his concern for their welfare, earnestly desiring that they might be kept from evil, and perform good works; and that they might be in a more honourable, orderly, and comfortable situation, whilst he was absent from them, and before he came among them:

lest, being present, I should use sharpness; meaning severe reproofs and censures, or rather the exercise of the apostolic rod:

according to the power the Lord haft given me, to edification, and not to destruction; by striking persons dead, as Ananias and Sapphira were by Peter; or by delivering them up to Satan to have corporeal punishment inflicted on them, as were Hymenaeus and Philetus, and the incestuous person by the Apostle Paul; which, though it was for the destruction of the flesh, yet for the salvation of their souls, and for the good, use, and edification of the rest of the society, that they might take warning thereby, and shun the evils which were the occasion of such severity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore I write these things ... - This is a kind of apology for what he had said, and especially for the apparently harsh language which he had felt himself constrained to use. He had reproved them; he had admonished them of their faults; he had threatened punishment, all of which was designed to prevent the necessity of severe measures when he should be with them.

Lest being present I should use sharpness - In order that when I come I may not have occasion to employ severity; see the sentiment explained in the note on 2 Corinthians 10:2.

According to the power ... - That I may not use the power with which Christ has invested me for maintaining discipline in his church. The same form of expression is found in 2 Corinthians 10:8; see the note on that place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:10. Therefore I write these things — I only threaten you now, by this epistle, to put you on your guard, and lead you to reformation before I visit you that I may not then have to use sharpness, αποτομια, a cutting off, employing thus my apostolical authority to inflict punishment; a power which God has given me, rather to be employed in your edification than in your destruction.