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2 Corinthians 13:1

“This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two witnesses and of three every word will be established.””

2 Corinthians 13:1 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Deuteronomy 19:15

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Paul uses without a formula the rule of Deuteronomy 19:15 about the two or three witnesses.

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Greek of the New Testament: Τρίτον τοῦτο ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων καὶ τριῶν σταθήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ לְכָל עָוֺן וּלְכָל חַטָּאת בְּכָל חֵטְא אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא עַל פִּי שְׁנֵי עֵדִים אוֹ עַל פִּי שְׁלֹשָׁה עֵדִים יָקוּם דָּבָר

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 19:15 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐκ ἐμμενεῖ μάρτυς εἷς μαρτυρῆσαι κατὰ ἀνθρώπου κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ κατὰ πᾶν ἁμάρτημα καὶ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν ἣν ἂν ἁμάρτῃ· ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων καὶ ἐπὶ στόματος τριῶν μαρτύρων στήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

2 Corinthians 13:1, word by word

the third timeΤρίτονTriton

third time

The third time something happens.

Where else “Triton” appears
I am comingἔρχομαιerchomai

come

To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.

Where else “erchomai” appears
the mouthστόματοςstomatos

mouth

The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.

Where else “stomatos” appears
of twoδύοdyo

two

Two.

Where else “dyo” appears
witnessesμαρτύρωνmartyrōn

witness

Someone who tells what they saw or heard.

Where else “martyrōn” appears
of threeτριῶνtriōn

three

Three.

Where else “triōn” appears
wordῥῆμαrhēma

word

What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.

Where else “rhēma” appears
will be establishedσταθήσεταιstathēsetai

set

To place someone somewhere, or fix something.

Where else “stathēsetai” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Deuteronomy 19:15.

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Quotation · Deuteronomy 19:15

Paul uses without a formula the rule of Deuteronomy 19:15 about the two or three witnesses.

See them side by side

2 Corinthians 13:1

1This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two witnesses and of three every word will be established.”

Deuteronomy 19:15

15A single witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he commits; on the word of two witnesses or on the word of three witnesses a matter shall stand.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2I have said before and I say in advance —as when present the second time, and now absent— to those who sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

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