1. This is now the third time that I am coming to visit you. “Any accusation must be upheld by the evidence of two or more witnesses” — as the scripture says.
2. I want to say to those of you who have sinned in the past, and to all the others; I said it before during my second visit to you, but I will say it again now that I am away: the next time I come nobody will escape punishment.
3. You will have all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. When he deals with you, he is not weak; instead, he shows his power among you.