2 Corinthians 13:9
For we rejoice when we are weak, but ye are strong: and this also we pray for, even your perfect establishment.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:12Wherefore death indeed is working in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 11:30If I must glory, I will glory in the things which respect my infirmities.
2 Corinthians 13:7Now 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.
Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
Colossians 1:28whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
1 Thessalonians 3:10night and day most fervently praying that we may see your face, and amply supply the deficiencies of 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 →