Verse 1
CONTENTS
The Apostle in closing his second Epistle, refers the Corinthians to the Testimony of the threefold Witness, in Confirmation of the Truths he had written to them, and ends with his Apostolical Blessing.
(1) This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
I take occasion from what Paul here saith of a two or threefold witness, in confirmation of general truths, to observe to the Reader; what a blessed testimony the Church of God hath everlastingly to rest upon in the Holy Three, which bear record in heaven, and which Three are One, 1 John 5:7 . All the Persons of the Godhead have set to their seal, of the truth as it is in Jesus. Three times from heaven, during our Lord's ministry upon earth, God the Father, by an audible voice, confirmed the glories of his Person, and the authority of his mission, Matthew 17:5; Matthew 17:5 ; John 12:28-30 . Jesus himself appeals both to his Father's testimony, and his own, in proof of the same thing: it is also written (saith Jesus) in your law that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me, John 8:17-18 ; Deuteronomy 17:6 and Deuteronomy 19:15 . And God the Holy Ghost, by his descent at the day of Pentecost, according to Christ's most sure promise, as well as in the spirit of every child of God, beareth witness of Christ, Luke 24:49 ; Acts 2:1-4 ; Romans 8:15-16 . Reader what know you of this threefold witness to your soul's joy? Romans 15:13 .
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