2 Corinthians 13:4
2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
- WEB
- For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
- ASV
- for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
- DARBY
- for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed *we* are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,)
- BLB
- For also He was crucified out of weakness, yet He lives out of God's power. For we also are weak in Him, but we will live with Him out of God’s power toward you⁺.
- ÅB
- for ble han enn korsfestet i skrøpelighet, så lever han dog i Guds kraft; for også vi er skrøpelige i ham; men vi skal leve med ham i Guds kraft hos dere.
- OTB
- For han ble korsfestet i svakhet, men han lever ved Guds kraft. Vi er også svake i ham, men vi skal leve med ham ved Guds kraft rettet mot dere.
- B1930
- for blev han enn korsfestet i skrøpelighet, så lever han dog i Guds kraft; for også vi er skrøpelige i ham; men vi skal leve med ham i Guds kraft hos eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Read in contextRomans 6:4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:3–4
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
Read in contextRomans 6:8–11
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Read in context2 Timothy 2:11–12
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:7–11
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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