SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:11
¶ Resta, hermanos, que tengis gozo, seis perfectos, tengis consolacin, sintis una misma cosa, tengis paz; y el Dios de paz y de caridad sea con vosotros.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 13:11
Verse 11. Finally] doipon? All that remains for me now to write is, to wish you all manner of happiness, and so to take my leave. Farewell.] A good wish, from our old mother tongue, compounded of (Anglo-Saxon), to go, and (Anglo-Saxon), fairly, properly, or (Anglo-Saxon), with felicity; go on prosperously! This is the spirit of this good wish.
The Greek cairete signifies nearly the same thing. cairw means to be very joyous; cairete, be joyous and happy, be ever prosperous; this was among the last words which Cyrus, when dying, spoke to his friends.
Be perfect] katartizesqe? Be compact; get into joint again; let unity and harmony be restored. See the note on 2 Corinthians xiii. 9.
Be of good comfort] parakaleisqe? Receive admonition; for parakalew signifies to admonish, beg, entreat, and also to comfort.
Receive admonition, that ye may receive comfort. If ye take my advice, ye shall have consolation; if ye do not, ye will have nothing but misery and wo.
Be of one mind] to auto froneite? Think the same; let there be no dissensions among you. Be of the same creed, and let disputes about that religion which should be the bond of peace for ever subside.
Live in peace] eirhneuete? Cultivate peace; or, as he says elsewhere, Follow peace, and pursue it, Heb. xii. 14. Cultivate a peaceable disposition, and neither say nor do any thing which has a tendency to irritate each other.
And the God of love and peace shall be with you.] While ye are full of contentions, dissensions, and discord, peace can have no place among you; and as to love, the fulfilling of the law, that worketh no ill to its neighbour, it has necessarily taken its flight. Love cannot live, neither exist, where there are brawls, contentions, and divisions. And where neither peace nor love is to be found, there God cannot be. And if HE be not there, yourselves and the devil make the whole assembly.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Finally, brethren, farewell , etc..] Or rejoice, with spiritual joy in Christ, their Saviour and Redeemer; in his person, in whom they were accepted; in his righteousness, by which they were justified; in his blood, by which they were washed and cleansed; and in his fulness, from which they were supplied; and particularly, that they had such a faithful monitor, such an hearty well wisher of their souls' welfare, and who was so naturally and affectionately concerned for their good: be perfect ; seek after perfection in knowledge, grace, and holiness, and in the performance of good works: or be restored; or jointed and knit together, as before; (see 2 Corinthians 13:9) let every difference subside, all breaches be made up, every member take and fill up his place, and all things be done decently and in order: be of good comfort ; or exhort one another to the diligent discharge of duty, to love and good works; or comfort one another in all distresses, inward and outward, both by words and deeds, according to the ability God has given; or take comfort, be of good heart, do not refuse to be comforted either by God or men. Be of one mind ; in religious sentiments, in the doctrines and principles of grace, and ordinances of the Gospel; for as there is but one Lord to be believed in, so there is, and ought to be, but one system of faith to be received, and one baptism to be administered in one and the same way, to one and the same sort of persons; which sameness of judgment, in faith and worship, is very necessary to church communion, and the comfort of it; for how can two, and much less more, walk comfortably together, unless they are agreed in these things? Live in peace both with them that are without, and them that are within, with all men, and with the members of the church; which to do, is to the credit of religion, the comfort of church members, and the joy of Christ's ministers: and the God of love and peace shall be with you ; he who is love itself, and has loved his people with an everlasting love, and who is the author and donor of spiritual and eternal peace, and who has called his people to peace, and expects and requires it among themselves, and all men, will grant to such his gracious presence; than which nothing can be more grateful and desirable.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-14 - Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace an Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And let it be our constant aim so to walk, that separation from ou friends may be only for a time, and that we may meet in that happ world where parting will be unknown. He wishes that they may partak all the benefits which Christ of his free grace and favour ha purchased; the Father out of his free love has purposed; and the Holy Ghost applies and bestows __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
λοιπον 3063 A-ASN αδελφοι 80 N-VPM χαιρετε 5463 5720 V-PAM-2P καταρτιζεσθε 2675 5744 V-PPM-2P παρακαλεισθε 3870 5744 V-PPM-2P το 3588 T-ASN αυτο 846 P-ASN φρονειτε 5426 5720 V-PAM-2P ειρηνευετε 1514 5720 V-PAM-2P και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM της 3588 T-GSF αγαπης 26 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ ειρηνης 1515 N-GSF εσται 2071 5704 V-FXI-3S μεθ 3326 PREP υμων 5216 P-2GP
Vincent's NT Word Studies
11. Finally (loipon). Lit., as for the rest. Sometimes rendered now, as Matt. xxvi. 45. "Sleep on now," for the time that remains. Besides, as 1 Corinthians i. 16. It remaineth, 1 Cor. vii. 29. Henceforth, 2 Timothy iv. 8; Heb. x. 13. Often as here, finally. In every case the idea of something left over is at the bottom of the translation.Farewell (cairete). In the classics used both at meeting and at parting. Lit., hail! See on Jas. i. 1. Rev., in margin, has rejoice. It is somewhat doubtful whether it ever has the meaning farewell in the New Testament.
Edersheim says that, on Sabbaths, when the outgoing course of priests left the temple, they parted from each other with a farewell, reminding us of this to the Corinthians: "He that has caused His name to dwell in this house cause love, brotherhood, peace, and friendship to dwell among you" ("The Temple," p. 117).
Be perfect (katartizesqe). Rev., be perfected. See on Luke vi. 40; 1 Peter v. 10. Paul speaks both of individual perfection and of the perfection of the Church through the right adjustment of all its members in Christ. Compare 1 Cor. i. 10. The verb is kindred with perfecting, ver. 9.
