2Cor 12:14, 13:1 | PNT | STEP | The third time I am ready to come to you . Then he had been there twice before; once when he founded the church; once while preaching at Ephesus, of which visit Acts gives no account. See PNT . And I will not be burdensome to you . As before, he will maintain himself this third time. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents , etc. As parents do with children, so will he, their spiritual father, do. He does not ask them to provide for him, while he feeds them the bread of life.

2 Corinthians 12:14

The third time I am ready to come to you. Then he had been there twice before; once when he founded the church; once while preaching at Ephesus, of which visit Acts gives no account.

See PNT 2Co 2:1.

And I will not be burdensome to you. As before, he will maintain himself this third time.

For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, etc. As parents do with children, so will he, their spiritual father, do. He does not ask them to provide for him, while he feeds them the bread of life.

2 Corinthians 13:1

Concluding Words SUMMARY OF II CORINTHIANS 13: Severity Threatened to All Who Do Not Repent. He Will Display the Apostolic Power. Exhorted to Self-Examination; and to Reformation Before He Comes. Closing Admonitions. Benediction.

This [is] the third time I am coming to you.

See PNT 2Co 12:14.

In the mouth of two or three witnesses. Every case of disorderly conduct will be taken cognizance of, but the trials will be strictly legal.

Shall every word be established. Two or three witnesses will establish a charge.