2 Corinthians 13:9
“For wee are glad when wee are weake, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, euen your perfection.”
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2 Corinthians 13:9 Context
7Now I pray to God, that ye doe no euill, not that we should appeare approued, but that ye should doe þt which is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8For wee can doe nothing against the trueth, but for the trueth. 9For wee are glad when wee are weake, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, euen your perfection. 10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should vse sharpnesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen me to edification, and not to destruction. 11Finally, brethren, farewell: Bee perfect, bee of good comfort, bee of one minde, liue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.
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Other Translations for 2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your perfection.
- King James Version
For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
- Basic English Bible
For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.
- Darby Bible
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
- Webster's Bible
and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.
- Weymouth Bible
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
- World English Bible
For we ioyen, whanne we ben sijk, but ye ben myyti; and we preien this thing, youre perfeccioun.
- Wycliffe Bible
for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 13:9
13:9 For we rejoice when we are weak - When we appear so, having no occasion to show our apostolic power. And this we wish, even your perfection - In the faith that worketh by love.