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2Co_13:9. Not reason assigned for 2Co_13:7 (Hofmann), but confirmation of what is said in 2Co_13:8 from the subjective relation of the apostle to the readers, in which χαίρομεν has the emphasis. This joy is as the living seal of the heart to that axio.
ἀσθενῶμεν ] according to the connection, quite the same as ἀδόκιμοι ὦμεν in 2Co_13:7, of the state in which the apostle is not in a position to exercise punitive authority on account of the Christian conduct of his readers. Comp. 2Co_13:4.
δυνατοί ] correlative to the ἀσθενῶμεν , consequently: such as (on account of their Christian excellence) one can do nothing to with the power of punishment. The latter is powerless in presence of such a moral disposition. The context does not yield more than this contrast; even the thought, that the δυνατοί guard themselves against all that would call forth the punitive authority (Hofmann), is here foreign to i.
τοῦτο καὶ εὐχόμεθα ] this, namely, that ye may be strong, we also pray; it is not merely the object of our joy, but also of our prayers. On the absolute εὔχεσθαι , used of praying (for after 2Co_13:7 it is not here merely wishing), comp. Jam_5:16; often in classic writers. There is no reason for taking the τοῦτο adverbially: thereupon, on that account (Ewald).
τὴν ὑμῶν κατάρτισιν ] epexegesis of τοῦτο : namely, your full preparation, complete furnishing, perfection in Christian morality. Comp. καταρτισμός , Eph_4:12. Beza and Bengel think of the readjustment of the members of the body of the church that had been dislocated by the disputes (see on 1Co_1:10, and Kypke, II. p. 290)—a special reference, which is not suggested in the context. See 2Co_13:7.