13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.


In Context

10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

12 For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

2 Corinthians 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is to God; or are sober, it is for you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we are sober, it is for your cause.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13for whether we were beside ourselves, it was to God; whether we be of sound mind — it is to you,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.