II Corinthians 13:9
“For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Corinthians 13:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
We are glad when we are weak, if you are strong. And what we pray for is that you may become perfect.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn wir freuen uns, wenn wir schwach sind, ihr aber mächtig seid; um dieses bitten wir auch, um eure Vervollkommnung.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por lo cual nos gozamos que seamos nosotros flacos, y que vosotros estéis fuertes; y aun deseamos vuestra perfección.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Pois nós nos alegramos quando estamos fracos, e vós estais fortes; e isto também desejamos: o vosso aperfeiçoamento.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois nos alegramos quando estamos fracos e vós estais fortes. Nós também oramos para que sejais aperfeiçoados.
📖 II Corinthians 13:9 in Context
7Now 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.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
11Finally, 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.
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