2 Corinthians 13:9
We're happy when we are weak, and you are strong—we pray that you may continue to improve.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
In Context
8We can't do anything against the truth, only for the truth.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:12As a result, we are facing death so that you may have life!
2 Corinthians 11:30If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am.
2 Corinthians 13:7We pray to God that you won't do anything bad—not so we can show we passed the test, but so you can do what is good, even if we appear to be failures.
Ephesians 4:12with the purpose of preparing God's people for the work of helping others, to help the body of Christ to grow.
Colossians 1:28We're telling everyone about him, instructing and teaching them in the best way we know how so that we can bring everyone before God fully mature in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:10Night and day we pray for you as earnestly as possible, hoping to see you again face to face, and to help you continue developing your trust in God.
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 →