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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:

KJV

προείρηκα καὶ προλέγω ὡς παρὼν τὸ δεύτερον καὶ ἀπὼν νῦν τοῖς προημαρτηκόσιν καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς πᾶσιν, ὅτι ἐὰν ἔλθω εἰς τὸ πάλιν οὐ φείσομαι,

Greek NT

Prædixi, et prædico, ut præsens, et nunc absens iis qui ante peccaverunt, et ceteris omnibus, quoniam si venero iterum, non parcam.

Vulgate

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;

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λοιποί
loipoi
adjective · 54×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
πάρειμι
pareimi
verb · 24×
προαμαρτάνω
proamartano
verb · 2×
προλέγω
prolego
verb · 15×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φείδομαι
pheidomai
verb · 10×
ἄπειμι
apeimi
verb · 8×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: νῦν | WH/Treg/NIV: νῦν | RP: + γράφω
  • νῦνSBLGNT
  • νῦνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + γράφωRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:19 — But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
  • 1Cor 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
  • 1Cor 5:3 — For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
  • 1Cor 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2Cor 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
  • 2Cor 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
  • 2Cor 10:1 — Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
  • 2Cor 10:2 — But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
  • 2Cor 10:6 — And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
  • 2Cor 10:8 — For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
  • 2Cor 10:8 — For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
  • 2Cor 10:11 — Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
  • 2Cor 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings
  • 2Cor 12:21 — And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which
  • 2Cor 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
  • 3John 1:10 — Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them th
  • Titus 3:10 — A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;