2 Corinthians 13:7
Now we pray God, that you may do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is good, and that we may be as reprobates.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates.
8For we can do nothing against the truth; but for the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Romans 12:17To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men.
Romans 16:10Salute Apelles, approved in Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you.
2 Corinthians 6:8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet known;
2 Corinthians 10:10(For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)
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 →