2 Corinthians 13:3

Contextual Overview

¹ This will be my third time to visit you. And remember, "For every complaint there must be two or three people to say that they know it is true." ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses. ¹ Now come I the thyrd tyme vnto you In the mouth of two or thre witnesses shall every thinge stonde. ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established." 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." ¹ This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. ¹ This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you: By 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 I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established."

Bible Verse Review
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ye seek: 2 Corinthians 10:8-10

Christ: 2 Corinthians 2:10, Matthew 10:20, Matthew 18:18-20, Luke 21:15, 1 Corinthians 5:4, 1 Corinthians 5:5

which: 2 Corinthians 2:6, 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, 2 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 9:1-3

Reciprocal: Joshua 3:10 - Hereby ye Habakkuk 2:1 - unto me 1 Corinthians 4:10 - we are weak 1 Corinthians 9:3 - them 2 Corinthians 10:1 - bold 2 Corinthians 10:4 - mighty 2 Corinthians 10:7 - even 2 Corinthians 10:11 - such 2 Corinthians 13:6 - General Galatians 2:20 - but Galatians 3:5 - worketh Colossians 1:29 - mightily

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.

Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.

Genesis 12:6
Abram passide thorou the lond til to the place of Sichem, and til to the noble valey. Forsothe Chananei was thanne in the lond.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land to the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,.... This is the reason why he was determined, that should he come among them, he would not spare them, because they called in question his apostleship, and demanded a proof of it; which, of all men, they had the least reason to do; for they themselves were the seals of his apostleship, and the signs of an apostle had been done among them; they queried whether he was an ambassador of Christ, and was sent by him, and in his name; whether the message he came with was from him, and whether the Gospel he preached was his voice; and particularly whether he had such a power to punish delinquents, as he threatened them with the exercise of; a strange infatuation of the false apostles this, since Christ, who sent him, was with him, and spoke in him, and by him:

which to you-ward, says he,

is not weak, but is mighty in you; the Gospel of Christ, at the first preaching of it to them by him, was the power of God unto salvation to them; and was attended with divers signs and wonders, and gifts of the Holy Ghost; and besides, they had instances of the power of Christ towards them in an awful way, in punishing sinners; as in the delivery of the incestuous person to Satan, which was done by his Spirit being with them when assembled; and by smiting many of them with sickness, diseases, and infirmities, and with death itself, who had sinned, 1 Corinthians 5:4. Wherefore, seeing after all these instances of the voice and power of Christ in him, they yet questioned his apostolical authority, and sought proof of it; and especially since this was not so much a tempting of him, as a tempting of Christ in him, he was resolved not to spare them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me - see the notes on the previous chapters. They had called in question his apostolic authority; they had demanded the evidence of his divine commission. He says that he would now furnish such evidence by inflicting just punishment on all offenders, and they should have abundant proof that Christ spoke by him, or that he was inspired.

Which to you-ward is not weak - Or who, that is, Christ, is not weak, etc. Christ has manifested his power abundantly toward you, that is, either by the miracles that had been performed in his name; or by the diseases and calamities which they had suffered on account of their disorders and offences (see the note on 1 Corinthians 11:30); or by the force and efficacy of his doctrine. The connection, it seems to me, requires that we should understand it of the calamities which had been inflicted by Christ on them for their sins, and which Paul says would be inflicted again if they did not repent. The idea is, that they had had ample demonstration of the power of Christ to inflict punishment, and they had reason to apprehend it again.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:3. Since ye seek a proof of Christ — The conversion of the Corinthians was to themselves a solid proof that Christ spoke by the apostle; and therefore he could, with great propriety, say that this power of Christ, far from being weak, was mighty among them.