2 Corinthians 13:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I have already warned those who sinned formerly and all the rest also, and I warn them now again while I am absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come back, I will not spare [them],

American Standard Version (1901)

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

Common English Bible

When I was with you on my second visit, I already warned those who continued to sin. Now I’m repeating that warning to all the rest of you while I’m at a safe distance: if I come again, I won’t spare anyone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have preached when present, and I will preach now while absent, to those who sinned before, and to all the others, because, when I arrive again, I will not be lenient with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I have told before, and foretell, as present, and now absent, to them that sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare.

2 Corinthians 13:2 Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Here I am, ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a burden because I do not want what is yours but you, for children ought not to save up for their parents but parents for their children.

2 Corinthians 13:10

So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.