II Corinthians 13:1:
13:1This third-time I go towards you: "on (the) mouth of two witnesses and three (witnesses) every spoken-matter will be caused-to-stand."
Continuing from the last chapter, Paul writes to the Corinthian and Achaian holy-people (sanctified-people, Christians, saints, children of the only true God):
This is a reference to what was previously spoken by God and recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy 19:15. A witness is someone who has information or knowledge of that-which he is attesting to, and can therefore confirm it on the strength of his-own authority. By using the singular form of the word "mouth," emphasis is given to the fact that different witnesses of the same event should give the same spoken account of that event.
On the mouth of two witnesses and three witnesses (by-reason-of and depending-upon the speech that proceeds from the mouth of two or three witness, at least two) every spoken-matter will be caused-to-stand (all/every matter spoken by me plus one or two other witnesses will be set in place, as opposed to being caused to fall or fail).” A ‘spoken matter’ refers to a portion of the whole of God’s Word that contains the specific discourse.
Let us read from the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 19 (KJV):
Deuteronomy 19:15:
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
There was to be no unfounded accusations or statements going on within the church. If there were any charges made against Paul and those with him, or against any other member of the church, every spoken-matter must be in the presence of the words of the witness-given from two or three witnesses – otherwise these charges will be made to fall (fail); they will not stand because they will be proven to be lies.
Likewise, if there is any spoken-matter spoken and claimed to be in accordance with God and the things of God, then it too must be in the presence of the words of the witness-given from two or three witnesses (e.g.: God, the Lord Jesus Christ, God's previously-revealed and written Word, Paul, those with him) – otherwise that spoken-matter will be made to fall (fail); it will not stand because it will be proven that it is not in accordance with God and the things of God.
[Reference: Numbers 35:30; Matthew 18:15-17; John 8:17 and 18; I Corinthians 4:18; II Corinthians 1:15, 12:14; I Timothy 5:19.]
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