2 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

honest honorable; decent Still heard today: an honest living, a respectable one Webster’s 1828 · Honest

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

He prays for their reformationThe most desirable thing we can ask of God, for ourselves and our friends, is to be kept from sin, that we and they may not do evil. We have far more need to...

Thompson Chains

Shun EvilSee the chain from Job 28:28 · 9 links
HonestySee the chain from Leviticus 19:36 · 7 links

Cross References

Philippians 1:9–11 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; …
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Romans 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Romans 16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.
1 Corinthians 4:9–13 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. …
1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 6:8–9 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; …
2 Corinthians 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
2 Corinthians 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Corinthians 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

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Topics

Commandments Precepts of Paul. explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
Holiness General scriptures concerning Holiness
Intercession Exemplified
Reprobacy General scriptures concerning Reprobacy
Zeal, religious Exemplified by Paul

Timeline

Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Bible Dictionary

God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Greek and Strong’s

Now δὲ de δέ Conjunction
I pray Εὐχόμαι Euchomai εὔχομαι Verb · present middle indicative, first person singular
to πρὸς pros πρός Preposition
God τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular Θεὸν Theon θεός Noun · accusative masculine singular
that ye ὑμᾶς hymas Pronoun · second person, accusative plural ὑμᾶς hymâs
do μὴ mē μή Adverb ποιῆσαι poiēsai ποιέω Verb · aorist active infinitive
no μηδέν mēden μηδείς Pronoun · accusative neuter singular
evil κακὸν kakon κακός Adjective · accusative neuter singular
not οὐχ ouch οὐ Conjunction
that ἵνα hina ἵνα Conjunction
we ἡμεῖς hēmeis Pronoun · first person, nominative plural ἡμεῖς hēmeîs
should appear φανῶμεν phanōmen φαίνω Verb · aorist passive subjunctive, first person plural
approved δόκιμοι dokimoi δόκιμος Adjective · nominative masculine plural
but ἀλλʼ all’ ἀλλά Conjunction
that ἵνα hina ἵνα Conjunction
ye ὑμεῖς hymeis Pronoun · second person, nominative plural ὑμεῖς hymeîs
should do ποιῆτε poiēte ποιέω Verb · present active subjunctive, second person plural
that which is honest τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular καλὸν kalon καλός Adjective · accusative neuter singular
though δὲ de δέ Conjunction
we ἡμεῖς hēmeis Pronoun · first person, nominative plural ἡμεῖς hēmeîs
be ὦμεν ōmen Verb · present active subjunctive, first person plural ὦ ō
as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
reprobates ἀδόκιμοι adokimoi ἀδόκιμος Adjective · nominative masculine plural

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