Cheryl Schatz

2 Cor 13:2 I warned those who sinned before 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 spare them–

This takes on great significance as Paul points out that his “witness” comes both in writing and in person. The Talmud documents the Jewish understanding that a person’s testimony is considered two witnesses if it is in writing and in person. I have the documented quote from the Talmud someplace on my computer as I used it on an online debate I was having when someone challenged me about the “two” witnesses being one person argument. When I get a chance one day to go through all of my computer files, I will have to post that reference again. Jesus of course would have been considered only one witness since his testimony was in person only.