2 Corinthians 13:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

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  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;
  • 1 Thess 3:10 : 10 night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 if to boast it behoveth `me', of the things of my infirmity I will boast;
  • 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities, 6 for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me; 7 and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. 8 Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me, 9 and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: 10 wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;
  • 2 Cor 13:7-8 : 7 and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved; 8 for we are not able to do anything against the truth, but for the truth;
  • Eph 4:12-13 : 12 unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ, 13 till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; 13 brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- 14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 As many, therefore, as `are' perfect -- let us think this, and if `in' anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,
  • Col 1:28 : 28 whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Salute you doth Epaphras, who `is' of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,
  • 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.
  • Heb 6:1 : 1 Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';

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    9and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

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    10because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat `any' sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

    11Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

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    1And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

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    6And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also `to see' you,

    7because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

    8because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;

    9for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

    10night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.

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    3since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,

    4for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.

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    7and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

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    10we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

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    13wherefore, I ask `you' not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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    15As many, therefore, as `are' perfect -- let us think this, and if `in' anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,

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    11for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

    12that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

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    21make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

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    10always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

    11for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established;

    12and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

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    13for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

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    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

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    9and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

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    8we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

    9Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

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    10and when that which is perfect may come, then that which `is' in part shall become useless.

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    17And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

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