Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. New Living Translation We are glad to seem weak if it helps show that you are actually strong. We pray that you will become mature. English Standard Version For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for. Berean Standard Bible In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection. Berean Literal Bible For we rejoice when we might be weak, but you might be strong. But this also we pray: for your perfection. King James Bible For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. New King James Version For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete. New American Standard Bible For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak, but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you become mature. NASB 1995 For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. NASB 1977 For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. Legacy Standard Bible For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong. This we also pray for, that you be restored. Amplified Bible We are glad when we are weak [since God’s power comes freely through us], but you [by comparison] are strong. We also pray for this, that you be made complete [fully restored, growing and maturing in godly character and spirit—pleasing your heavenly Father by the life you live]. Christian Standard Bible We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature. Holman Christian Standard Bible In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature. American Standard Version For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But we rejoice whenever we are weak and you are strong; for we pray for this also, that you may be perfected. Contemporary English Version Even though we are weak, we are glad that you are strong, and we pray you will do even better. Douay-Rheims Bible For we rejoice that we are weak, and you are strong. This also we pray for, your perfection. English Revised Version For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting. GOD'S WORD® Translation We're glad when we are weak and you are strong. We are also praying for your improvement. Good News Translation We are glad when we are weak but you are strong. And so we also pray that you will become perfect. International Standard Version We are glad when we are weak and you are strong. That is what we are praying for—your maturity. Literal Standard Version for we rejoice when we may be weak, but you may be powerful; and we also pray for this—your perfection! Majority Standard Bible In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection. New American Bible For we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. NET Bible For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified. New Revised Standard Version For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. This is what we pray for, that you may become perfect. New Heart English Bible For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting. Webster's Bible Translation For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. Weymouth New Testament 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. World English Bible For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect. Young's Literal Translation for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Examine Yourselves…8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection. 10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.… Cross References Romans 15:2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction. 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored. 2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 13:4 For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with Him to serve you. 2 Corinthians 13:8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. Treasury of Scripture For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. when. 2 Corinthians 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Corinthians 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 2 Corinthians 12:5-10 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities… even. 2 Corinthians 13:7,11 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates… 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Jump to Previous Characters Complete Feeble Glad Improvement Infirm Joy Ourselves Perfecting Perfection Powerful Powerless Prayer Rejoice Strong Weak Whenever WishJump to Next Characters Complete Feeble Glad Improvement Infirm Joy Ourselves Perfecting Perfection Powerful Powerless Prayer Rejoice Strong Weak Whenever Wish2 Corinthians 13 1. Paul threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners.5. And, advising them to a trial of their faith, 7. and to a reformation of their sins before his coming, 11. he concludes his epistle with a general exhortation and a prayer. (9) For we are glad, when we are weak . . .--The last words cover many shades of meaning. We may think of the weakness of his bodily presence, of his physical infirmities, of the apparent failure of his supernatural powers because the condition of the Corinthian Church, as walking in faith and truth, presented no opening for their exercise. He can find cause for joy in all these, if only the disciples whom he loves are strong with the strength of God. This also we wish, even your perfection. --Better, your restoration. This is the only passage in the New Testament in which the word occurs; but the corresponding verb is found in the "mending their nets" of Matthew 4:21, Mark 1:19, and in the "restore" of Galatians 6:1. Its proper meaning is to bring back to completeness. This, then, was what the Apostle had been aiming at all along. In his seeming harshness and self-assertion, as in his overflowing tenderness, he was looking forward to their restoration to their first love and their first purity. He would rather threaten than act, even at the cost of the threat appearing an empty vaunt, if only he might be spared the necessity for acting.Verse 9. - When we are weak, and ye are strong (comp. 1 Corinthians 4:8-10). Strong; "powerful (2 Corinthians 10:4). We wish; rather, we pray. Your perfection; rather, your perfect union; "the readjustment of your disordered elements." A similar word occurs in Ephesians 4:10, and the verb in ver. 11; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:10, etc. It is also used in the Gospels for "mending nets" (Mark 1:19, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek In fact,γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. we rejoice χαίρομεν (chairomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 5463: A primary verb; to be 'cheer'ful, i.e. Calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation, be well. when ὅταν (hotan) Conjunction Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as. we ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. are weak ἀσθενῶμεν (asthenōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 770: To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble. but δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are ἦτε (ēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. strong, δυνατοὶ (dynatoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1415: (a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. our prayer is for εὐχόμεθα (euchometha) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2172: To pray, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. perfection. κατάρτισιν (katartisin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2676: A perfecting, making fit. From katartizo; thorough equipment. 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