2 Corinthians 13:6

Contextual Overview

¹This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. ¹ This is the third time I am comming to you: in the mouth of two or three witnesses shal euery word be established. ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. ¹ This is the third time that I am coming to you. ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER SHALL BE CONFIRMED. ¹ I will come to you for the third time. "Every case must be proved by two or three witnesses." ¹This is the third time that I am visiting you. EVERY FACT SHALL BE SUSTAINED and CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. ¹This is the third time I am coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter shall be confirmed. ¹This is the third time I am coming to you. "Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses."

Bible Verse Review
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2 Corinthians 13:3, 2 Corinthians 13:4, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 12:20

Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 9:27 - a castaway 2 Corinthians 1:13 - than 2 Corinthians 13:5 - reprobates 2 Timothy 3:8 - reprobate

Cross-References

Genesis 13:6
The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

Genesis 13:6
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Genesis 13:6
And the land could not support them so as to live together, because their possessions were so many that they were not able to live together.

Genesis 13:6
Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together,

Genesis 13:6
But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

Genesis 13:6
Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together.

Genesis 13:6
And the land could not support both of them while living together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

Genesis 13:6
So that the land coulde not beare them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.

Genesis 13:6
And the land could not sustain them while living together, for their possessions were so abundant that they were not able to live together.

Genesis 13:6
At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the same area, and so there wasn't enough pastureland left for Abram and Lot with all of their animals. Besides this, the men who took care of Abram's animals and the ones who took care of Lot's animals started quarreling.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I trust that ye shall know,.... Whether they were reprobates or not, the apostle would not pretend to say; that he left to themselves, and of which they were capable of making judgment for themselves: however, he hoped and believed, that he and his fellow apostles would give such proof of themselves, as that they should know certainly

that we, says he,

are not reprobates; men void of judgment in the doctrines of the Gospel, but have light, knowledge, and understanding in them; or useless and unprofitable in the ministry, but were the savour of life unto life to many; were ministers by whom others believed; were successful labourers in the Lord's vineyard, and builders in his house; and were made very useful for the conversion, comfort, and edification of many souls: or that they were not men disapproved either by God, or his people; since as they faithfully served Christ in the ministration of the Gospel, they were acceptable to God, and approved of men: or were not men without a proof of Christ speaking in them; they might assure themselves they would have too soon, for some of them, an evidence of that power and authority which Christ had lodged in them, to punish such as repented not of their evils.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I trust ... - The sense of this verse is,” Whatever may be the result of your examination of yourselves, I trust (Greek I hope) you will not find us false and to be rejected; that is, I trust you will find in me evidence that I am commissioned by the Lord Jesus to be his apostle.” The idea is, that they would find when he was among them, that he was endowed with all the qualifications needful to confer a claim to the apostolic office.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:6. Ye shall know that we are not reprobates. — Ye have had, and ye shall have, the fullest proof that I have preached the true faith among you; and that God has confirmed it by his testimony; and thus that I am proved and manifested to be what I ought to be, and shown to be approved of God.