2 Corinthians 13:9

World English Bible

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

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2 Corinthians 13:9 in other translations

For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

2 Corinthians 13:9 · American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 13:9 in context

  1. 7Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
  2. 8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
  3. 9For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.
  4. 10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
  5. 11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.