2 Corinthians 13:11

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall 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 the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
• Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
• Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
• Rom 12:18 : 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
• 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
• Jas 1:4 : 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 1 John 4:8-9 : 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
• Rev 22:21 : 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
• Eph 4:3 : 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• Eph 6:23 : 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• Phil 2:1-3 : 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
• Phil 3:16 : 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
• Phil 4:2 : 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Phil 4:9 : 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• 1 Thess 5:13 : 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
• 1 Thess 5:16 : 16 Rejoice evermore.
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:16-3:1 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
• 2 Thess 3:16 : 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
• Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Mark 10:49 : 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
• Luke 9:61 : 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
• Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
• Acts 18:21 : 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
• Acts 23:30 : 30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
• Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
• Gen 45:24 : 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.