2 Corinthians 13:7
And I beseech God, that there may be no evil in you, so that the proof of us may appear: and yet, that ye may be doers of good things, though we be as reprobates.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
6But, I trust, ye will know that we are not reprobates.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And bring 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 12:17And repay to no man evil for evil: but let it be your study to do good before all men.
Romans 16:10Salute Apelles, chosen in our Lord. Salute the members of the house of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there are to be contentions among you, that the approved among you may be known.
2 Corinthians 6:8amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
2 Corinthians 10:10For there are some who say, His epistles are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence 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 →