“For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.”
King James Version (KJV)
13:9 For we rejoice when we are weak - When we appear so, having no occasion to show our apostolic power. And this we wish, even your perfection - In the faith that worketh by love.
For wee are glad when wee are weake, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, euen your perfection.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
- Basic English Bible
For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.
- Darby Bible
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
- Webster's Bible
and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.
- Weymouth Bible
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
- World English Bible
For we ioyen, whanne we ben sijk, but ye ben myyti; and we preien this thing, youre perfeccioun.
- Wycliffe Bible
for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!
- Youngs Literal Bible