2 Corinthians 13:4

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2 ^aI have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent¹ I write to those ^bwho have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again ^cI will not spare—

3 since you seek a proof of Christ ^aspeaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty ^bin you.

4 ^aFor though He was crucified in weakness, yet ^bHe lives by the power of God. For ^cwe also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^athat Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you¹ are ^bdisqualified.

6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Paul Prefers Gentleness

7 Now¹ I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though ^awe may seem disqualified.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness - It is true Christ was crucified, and his crucifixion appeared to be the effect of his weakness; yet even this was not so; he gave up his life, none could take it away from him; and in his last struggle, had he even been deficient in power, he could have had more than twelve legions of angels to support him against the high priest' s mob, Matthew 26:53; but how then could the Scripture be fulfilled? And had he not died, how could the human race have been saved?

Yet he liveth by the power of God - Though he appeared to be crucified through his own weakness, yet he now liveth by the power of God; exerting an almighty energy by which all things are subject to him.

We also are weak in him - Because we are on Christ' s side we appear to you as weak as he did to the Jews; but it is not so, for we live with him - under the same influence, and partaking of the same life; manifesting by our preaching and miracles the power of God towards you. While I do not use the rod, I appear to you weak; I will use it, and then you shall find me to be strong.

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