2 Corinthians 13:7
Now I pray to God, to do you nothing harmful, not that we would appear test-passing, but that ye would do right, even like we might be test-failing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I hope that ye will know that we are not test-failing.
8For we do not have any power against the truth, but for the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
Romans 12:17rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
Romans 16:10Salute Apelles, a man reliable in Christ. Salute the men from those of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.
2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;
2 Corinthians 10:10Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 13:2-7
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness,… Read the whole commentary →