2 Corinthians 13:8
For we have no power against the truth, but for the truth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
In Context
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong; this also we pray for, even your perfection.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:2As the sparrow wandereth, and the swallow flieth away, So the curse without cause shall not come.
Mark 16:17And these signs will accompany believers: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
Acts 4:28to do whatever thy hand and thy will before determined to be done.
Acts 13:3Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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 →