Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
HE THREATENS A SEVERE PROOF OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY, BUT PREFERS THEY WOULD SPARE HIM THE NECESSITY FOR IT. (II Corinthians 13:1-14)
This is the third time I am coming to you—not merely preparing to come to you. This proves an intermediate visit between the two recorded in Acts 18:1; Acts 20:2.
In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established—Quoted from Deuteronomy 19:15, Septuagint. "I will judge not without examination, nor will I abstain from punishing upon due evidence" [CONYBEARE and HOWSON]. I will no longer be among you "in all patience" towards offenders (II Corinthians 12:12). The apostle in this case, where ordinary testimony was to be had, does not look for an immediate revelation, nor does he order the culprits to be cast out of the church before his arrival. Others understand the "two or three witnesses" to mean his two or three visits as establishing either (1) the truth of the facts alleged against the offenders, or (2) the reality of his threats. I prefer the first explanation to either of the two latter.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 13:1:
Acts 19:10
Acts 20:3
1 Corinthians 16:5-7
2 Corinthians 2:1
2 Corinthians 12:14
2 Corinthians 13:1
2 Corinthians 13:2
1 Timothy 5:19
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