2 Corinthians 12:8

12:8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

2 Corinthians 11:25

11:25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. ¹  Once I received a stoning. ²  Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

2 Corinthians 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ³  you. By the testimony ⁴  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ⁵ 

[11:25]  ¹ sn Beaten with a rod refers to the Roman punishment of admonitio according to BDAG 902 s.v. ῥαβδίζω. Acts 16:22 describes one of these occasions in Philippi; in this case it was administered by the city magistrates, who had wide powers in a military colony.

[11:25]  ² sn Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.

[13:1]  ¹ tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[13:1]  ² tn Grk “By the mouth.”

[13:1]  ³ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).