2 Corintios 5:13

13 Si parecemos estar locos es para darle gloria a Dios, y si estamos en nuestro sano juicio, es para beneficio de ustedes.

2 Corintios 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we be besides ourselves
As some took them to be, and as Festus thought the Apostle Paul was, because of the doctrines they preached, and the self-commendation they were obliged to enter into through the calumnies of their adversaries; in which they did not so much seek their own reputation, as the honour and glory of God, which was struck at through them:

it is to God;
it is for his glory, and not our own, that we act this part, for which we are condemned as madmen.

Or whether we be sober;
think and speak meanly of ourselves, and behave with all modesty and lowliness of mind: it is for your cause; for your instruction and imitation. The glory of God, and the good of his churches, were what concerned them in every part of life. Some refer this to the apostle's being, or not being, in an ecstasy or rapture. Others to his speaking, either of the more sublime doctrines of the Gospel, on account of which he was reckoned mad, though in the delivering of them he had nothing else but the glory of God in view; or of the lower and easier truths of it, which were more accommodated to meaner capacities; in doing which he sought their edification and advantage.

2 Corintios 5:13 In-Context

11 Somos embajadores de Dios
Dado que entendemos nuestra temible responsabilidad ante el Señor, trabajamos con esmero para persuadir a otros. Dios sabe que somos sinceros, y espero que ustedes también lo sepan.

12 ¿Estamos de nuevo recomendándonos a ustedes? No, estamos dándoles un motivo para que estén orgullosos de nosotros,
para que puedan responder a los que se jactan de tener ministerios espectaculares en vez de tener un corazón sincero.

13 Si parecemos estar locos es para darle gloria a Dios, y si estamos en nuestro sano juicio, es para beneficio de ustedes.

14 Sea de una forma u otra, el amor de Cristo nos controla.
Ya que creemos que Cristo murió por todos, también creemos que todos hemos muerto a nuestra vida antigua.

15 Él murió por todos para que los que reciben la nueva vida de Cristo ya no vivan más para sí mismos. Más bien, vivirán para Cristo, quien murió y resucitó por ellos.