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We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
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On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
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For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.
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By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
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Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
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He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
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Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
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until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
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Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
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Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
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I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
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whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
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night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
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that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
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to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Cette pensée explique et généralise celle qu'il vient d'exprimer à verset 7. Sans doute aussi veut-il, déjà ici, indiquer la pensée exprimée au verset 10, qu'il se réjouit si, trouvant ses frères de Corinthe forts et perfectionnés, il peut paraître au milieu d'eux dans son ancienne faiblesse, et sans faire usage de sévérité pour la répréhension.
- On a pris quelquefois verset 8 dans un sens absolu qui, alors, est très faux. L'apôtre n'a pas voulu dire que l'homme ne peut rien faire contre la vérité en général : il peut malheureusement beaucoup contre la vérité, en répandant l'erreur, ainsi que l'expérience le prouve tous les jours.
Mais Paul, parlant de ses rapports avec les Eglises, de sa conduite comme serviteur de Jésus-Christ, comme conducteur des âmes, déclare qu'il ne lui est pas permis, qu'il lui est moralement impossible de rien faire contre les intérêts de la vérité et de la vie chrétienne dans ses frères, en se laissant guider par d'autres motifs, tels que la recherche de lui-même et de l'approbation des hommes.
Ce qui le prouve encore, c'est le motif qu'il ajoute immédiatement (verset 10) et surtout le but pour lequel son autorité apostolique lui a été confiée : pour l'édification et non pour la destruction. (Comparer 2Corinthiens 10.8)