2 Corinthians 13:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λοιπόν, ἀδελφοί, χαίρετε. Καταρτίζεσθε, παρακαλεῖσθε, τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖτε, εἰρηνεύετε· καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ εἰρήνης ἔσται μεθʼ ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Loipon, adelphoi, chairete. Katartizesthe, parakaleisthe, to auto phroneite, eirēneuete; kai ho Theos tēs agapēs kai eirēnēs estai meth' you.

Grammar Details

• *Loipon*: adverb - finally/moreover/as for the rest
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *chairete*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person plural - rejoice
• *Katartizesthe*: present, imperative, passive/middle, 2nd person plural - be restored/perfected
• *parakaleisthe*: present, imperative, passive/middle, 2nd person plural - be encouraged
• *to auto*: article + pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - the same thing
• *phroneite*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person plural - mind/think
• *eirēneuete*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person plural - live in peace
• *ho Theos*: article + noun, nominative, masculine, singular - the God
• *tēs agapēs*: article + noun, genitive, feminine, singular - of love
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *eirēnēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of peace
• *estai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - will be
• *meth'*: preposition + genitive - with

Word Meanings

• *Loipon*: finally/furthermore/as for the rest
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
• *chairete*: rejoice/be glad/farewell
• *Katartizesthe*: be restored/be perfected/be made complete
• *parakaleisthe*: be encouraged/be comforted/be exhorted
• *phroneite*: think/mind/set your minds on
• *eirēneuete*: live in peace/be at peace/maintain peace
• *agapēs*: love/affection/goodwill
• *eirēnēs*: peace/harmony/tranquility

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:33 : 33 Now may the God of peace be with you all. So be it.
• Rom 12:16 : 16 Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
• Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
• Rom 12:18 : 18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
• 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
• Jas 1:4 : 4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
• 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
• 1 John 4:8-9 : 8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love. 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins. 11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another. 12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us: 13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us. 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God. 16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
• Rev 22:21 : 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.
• Eph 4:3 : 3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.
• Eph 6:23 : 23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
• Phil 2:1-3 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity, 2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind; 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
• Phil 3:16 : 16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.
• Phil 4:2 : 2 I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
• Phil 4:9 : 9 The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 So then, give comfort to one another with these words.
• 1 Thess 5:13 : 13 And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
• 1 Thess 5:16 : 16 Have joy at all times.
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:16-3:1 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word. 1 For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;
• 2 Thess 3:16 : 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with you all.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
• Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus: 6 So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Mark 10:49 : 49 And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.
• Luke 9:61 : 61 And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
• Acts 15:29 : 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
• Acts 18:21 : 21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.
• Acts 23:30 : 30 And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.
• Gen 37:4 : 4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
• Gen 45:24 : 24 And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.