2 Corinthians 13:9
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you may be made complete.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
8For we are not able to do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:12So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
2 Corinthians 11:30If I must boast, I will boast about what shows my weaknesses.
2 Corinthians 13:7Now we pray to God that you may not do any wrong. I do not pray that we may appear to have passed the test. Instead, I pray that you may do what is right, although we may seem to have failed the test.
Ephesians 4:12He gave these offices to equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ.
Colossians 1:28This is he whom we proclaim. We admonish every person, and we teach every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:10Night and day we pray very hard that we may see your face and provide what is lacking in your faith.
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 →