2 Corinthians 13:7-14

7 But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates.
8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.
10 On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.
11 For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12 Salute one another with a holy kiss.
13 All the saints salute you.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or 'power;' it is exousia, 'title,' not mere competency: see Note, Matt. 10.1.
  • [b]. See ch. 10.8.
  • [c]. Or 'farewell.'
  • [d]. As 'perfectly united,' 1Cor. 1.10.
  • [e]. Or 'fellowship,' koinonia, as 1Cor. 1.9.
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