1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
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:
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I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others,