2 CORINTHIANS 13:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Finally, 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.”
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you — Paul's *final exhortation*: *chairō*, rejoice; *katartízō*, restore/repair; *parakalého*, encourage; *phroneo to autó*, be of one mind; *eirēneúō*, live in peace. These are *practical ethics* grounded in *eschatological hope*. God of *agapē* (love) and *eirēnē* (peace) will *indwell* them.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 13:11
“For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.” What means, “for the rest, brethren, rejoice?” You have pained, terrified, thrown them into an agony, made them to tremble and fear, and how do you bid them rejoice? 'Why, for this very reason I bid them rejoice. For,' he says, 'if what is your part follow' upon mine, there will be nothing to prevent that joy. For all my part has…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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