2 Corinthians 13:1-3; 2 Corinthians 13:10

2 Corinthians 13:1-3

1 This is the third time I am coming to you. "Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses."

2 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—

3 since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you.

2 Corinthians 13:10

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.