2 Corinthians 5:13
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
In Context
14For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;
Cross References
Romans 12:3For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.
2 Corinthians 7:12Since then indeed I wrote to you, not on account of the one having done the wrong, nor on account of the one having suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal, which is in our behalf to you before God, might be made manifest.
2 Corinthians 11:16Again I say, Let no one consider me to be a fool; but if not, receive me as a fool, in order that I may indeed glory some little.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.
1 Thessalonians 1:5because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what sort we were among you for your sakes.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:13-16
Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live… Read the whole commentary →