2 Corinthians 13:7-9

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⁷I pray that you will live good lives, not because that will be a feather in our caps,^[a] proving that what we teach is right; no, for we want you to do right even if we ourselves are despised. ⁸Our responsibility is to encourage the right at all times, not to hope for evil.^[b] ⁹We are glad to be weak and despised if you are really strong. Our greatest wish and prayer is that you will become mature Christians.

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Footnotes

2 Corinthians 13:7 not because that will be a feather in our caps, literally, “not that we may appear approved.”
2 Corinthians 13:8 Our responsibility is . . . not to hope for evil, literally, “For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”