2 Corinthians 13:7
Now I pray unto God that ye do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you may do that which is laudable, though we should be as reprobates.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.
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: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen!
Romans 12:17Render to no man evil for evil. Be provident of things laudable in the sight of all men.
Romans 16:10Salute Apelles the approved in Christ. Salute those who are of the family of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must be heresies among you, that they who are the tried ones, may be made manifest among you.
2 Corinthians 6:8through honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, yet true men;
2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters indeed, say they, are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is feeble, 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 →