This Is Not Too Much To Wish For

2 Corinthians 13:9 KJV
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

My focus is on the phrase. "...this also we wish, even your perfection."

First thought, it is not wrong to say "I wish this would happen." Realizing of course that it would be wrong to "wish" for fleshly things, it is not wrong to employ the word "wish."

More importantly is what Paul wished for. He wished these Christians would become perfect. That is a load to ask for, but it is not too much to ask for!

Jesus said to His disciples,
Matthew 5:48 KJV
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

And Paul concluded the very chapter we are considering by saying,
2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, ...

The Bible is profitable;
2 Timothy 3:17 KJV
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

And Jesus' judgment of the church at Sardis was
Revelation 3:2 KJV
..... I have not found thy works perfect before God.

We know we cannot be perfectly sinless until we reach heaven. But we can be complete, mature and well equipped for godly living and service.

That is not too much to expect.