Paul announces a third visit and quotes Deuteronomy 19:15: every matter is to be established by two or three witnesses. Those who demand proof that Christ speaks through Paul should understand the paradox at the heart of the gospel: Christ was crucified in weakness but lives by God’s power. Paul and his coworkers share that cross-shaped pattern of weakness and divine power.

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Deuteronomy 19:15

2 Corinthians 13:1

Paul directly quotes Deuteronomy’s rule that a matter is established by two or three witnesses, using the legal safeguard to frame his third visit and the handling of persistent sin.

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