2 Corinthians 13:8

“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”

"For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." - 2 Corinthians 13:8
Commentary

What does 2 Corinthians 13:8 mean?

2 Corinthians 13:8 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads: "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." This verse is part of the closing remarks of the apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. Throughout this letter, Paul has been addressing…

Read full commentaryDevotional

Unshakeable Truth: Standing Firm for What is Right

The depth of our understanding of truth is profoundly illustrated in 2 Corinthians 13:8: "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." This verse encapsulates a powerful principle that resonates deeply in our walk with God. It not only reassures us of the…

Read devotionalPrayer

In Pursuit of the Truth: A Prayer Inspired by 2 Corinthians 13:8

Heavenly Father, We come before You in humility and reverence, grateful for the gift of Your Word and the profound truths encapsulated within it. Lord, as we reflect on the words of 2 Corinthians 13:8, "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth," we are reminded…

Read prayer

Artwork for 2 Corinthians 13:8

See all →
2 Corinthians 13:8 - "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth."
2 Corinthians 8:13 - "For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:"
"For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:" - 2 Corinthians 8:13
2 Corinthians 13
2 Corinthians 13:13 - "All the saints salute you."
2 Corinthians 8:13-14 - "For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness."
2 Corinthians 13:12 - "Greet one another with an holy kiss."
2 Corinthians 8:8 - "I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love."
"All the saints salute you." - 2 Corinthians 13:13
2 Corinthians 13:6 - "But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates."
2 Corinthians 3:8 - "How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?"
2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
2 Corinthians 2:8 - "Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him."
1 Corinthians 13:8 - "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."
"Greet one another with an holy kiss." - 2 Corinthians 13:12
2 Corinthians 8:2 - "How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality."
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 5:13 - "For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause."
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
2 Corinthians 8:20 - "Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:"
2 Corinthians 12:8 - "For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me."
2 Corinthians 6:8 - "By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;"
2 Corinthians 4:8 - "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;"
2 Corinthians 8:12 - "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."
2 Corinthians 8:3 - "For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;"
2 Corinthians 6:13 - "Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged."
1 Corinthians 8:13 - "Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend."
2 Corinthians 8:16 - "But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."
2 Corinthians 11:8 - "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."