2 Corinthians 13:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-6

In these verses observe, I. The apostle threatens to be severe against obstinate sinners when he should come to Corinth, having now sent to them a first and second epistle, with proper admonitions and exhortations, in order to reform what was amiss among them. Concerning this we may notice, 1. The caution with which he proceeded in his censures: he was not hasty in using severity, but gave a first and second admonition. So some understand his words (2 Cor. 13:1): This is the third time I am... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:1-14

13 For the third time I am coming to you. Everything will be established in the mouth of two or three witnesses. To those who have already sinned and to all others I have already said, and I now say, just as I said it when I was with you on my second visit, now I say it while I am absent, that if I come to you again, I will not spare you. I will take decisive action because you are looking for a proof that Christ really is speaking in me, Christ who is not weak where you are concerned, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and foretell you as if I were present a second time ,.... He means, that he had in his former epistle faithfully told them of their evils, and admonished them for them; and now he sends to them a second time before his coming, and again admonishes them, as if he was upon the spot with them; so that they had, as before, three witnesses, also a first and second admonition; which, should they be without success, he must proceed further: and being absent now, I write to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, etc. - As Calmet maintains that Paul had already been twice at Corinth, it is well to hear his reasons: "St. Paul came to Corinth the latter end of the year of our Lord 52, and remained there eighteen months, Acts 18:1 , etc. He came there a second time in the year 55, but stayed only a short time, as he had to return speedily to Ephesus, 1 Corinthians 16:7 ; hence it is that St. Luke makes no mention of this second journey in the Acts. Finally he determined to visit... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

Verse 2 2.I told you before, and foretell you. The friendly and agreeable admonitions, that he had addressed to them so frequently, had been of no advantage. He, accordingly, betakes himself to a more severe remedy, with which he had previously threatened them in words when present with them. When we see him act with so much strictness, we need have no doubt, that they were surprisingly ungovernable and obstinate; for it appears from his writings, what mildness, and what unwearied patience he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-4

About to visit the Corinthians "the third time." he informs them very distinctly what they had to expect. In the words of the Old Testament Law, he says, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." The strength of his resolution to punish impenitent offenders is declared—"I will not spare." A crisis was at hand, and he was fully prepared to meet the issue. He refers to the main source of all the trouble, viz. the disparagement of his office as Christ's apostle.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Paul's epistolary farewell to the Corinthians. "This is the third time I am coming to you, etc. This chapter concludes Paul's letters to the Corinthians. There is no evidence that he wrote a word to them after this. The letters had evidently been a task to him. To a man of his tender nature no duty could be more painful than that of censure and reproach. Nothing but a sense of loyalty to the holiness of Christianity could have urged him to it. no doubt he felt a burden rolled from his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before; rather, I have told you before. As if I were present, the second time. The meaning seems to be, "You must understand this announcement as distinctly as if I were with you, and uttered it by word of mouth." And being absent now I write; rather, so now being absent. The verb "I write" is almost certainly an explanatory gloss. And to all other; rather, and to the rest, all of them. Namely, to those who, though they may not have fallen into gross sin, still... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before - That I would not spare offenders; that I would certainly punish them. He had intimated this before in the First Epistle 1Co 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13.And foretell you - Now apprise you of my fixed determination to punish every offender as he deserves.As if I were present, the second time - The mention of the second time here proves that Paul had been with them but once before. He had formed the resolution to go to them, but had been disappointed. The time when he had been... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 13:2-4

2 Corinthians 13:2-4. I told you before As you will remember; and foretel you now, as if I were present That is, I declare what you ought to regard as much as if I spake it personally to you; and being absent In body, not in spirit; now I write to them who heretofore have sinned In any scandalous and aggravated manner, namely, before ye received my letter; and to all others Who have sinned since, and have not repented; that if I come again I will not spare As I have hitherto... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-6

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 13:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 13:2-4

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