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2 Corinthians 13:8

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

In Context

7But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates.

9For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:28And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!

2 Kings 2:23And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!

Proverbs 26:2As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

Mark 16:17And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

Acts 4:28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

Acts 13:3Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 13:8-11

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and… Read the whole commentary →

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