2 Corinthians 13:7
And my prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that I may appear approved, but that you may do what is noble, though I should seem unable to abide the proof.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I hope you will find that I abide the proof.
8For I have no power against the truth, but only in defense of the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.
Romans 12:17Do not pay back evil for evil. Aim to do what is honorable in the eyes of all.
Romans 16:10Salute Apellas, tested and tried in Christ, and the household of Aristobulus,
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.
2 Corinthians 6:8amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;
2 Corinthians 10:10"His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, 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 →