2 Corinthians 13:2

“I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:”

"I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:" - 2 Corinthians 13:2
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What does 2 Corinthians 13:2 mean?

2 Corinthians 13:2 (KJV) reads, "I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare." This verse is part of the second epistle of…

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The Urgency of Truth and Accountability

In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthian church, specifically in 2 Corinthians 13:2, he poignantly states, "I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if…

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A Prayer for Discipline and Restoration in the Body of Christ

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart full of reverence and gratitude for Your Word, which guides us and transforms our lives. As I reflect on the profound message found in 2 Corinthians 13:2, where the Apostle Paul speaks of accountability and discipline within…

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2 Corinthians 13:2 - "I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:"
2 Corinthians 13:13 - "All the saints salute you."
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2 Corinthians 13:12 - "Greet one another with an holy kiss."
"All the saints salute you." - 2 Corinthians 13:13
2 Corinthians 13:6 - "But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates."
2 Corinthians 8:13 - "For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:"
2 Corinthians 13:8 - "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth."
2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
2 Corinthians 5:13 - "For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause."
2 Corinthians 6:13 - "Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged."
2 Corinthians 2:13 - "I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia."
2 Corinthians 13:14 - "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."
2 Corinthians 13:9 - "For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection."
2 Corinthians 13:3 - "Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you."
"Greet one another with an holy kiss." - 2 Corinthians 13:12
2 Corinthians 13:1 - "This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
2 Corinthians 13:11 - "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."
2 Corinthians 3:13 - "And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:"
2 Corinthians 12:13 - "For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong."
2 Corinthians 4:13 - "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
"For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." - 2 Corinthians 13:8
"For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:" - 2 Corinthians 8:13
"But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates." - 2 Corinthians 13:6
1 Corinthians 2:13 - "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual."
2 Corinthians 10:13 - "But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you."
2 Corinthians 9:13 - "Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;"
2 Corinthians 7:13 - "Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all."
2 Corinthians 13:7 - "Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates."