2 Corinthians 2:8

Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

In Context

7So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.

9It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.

Galatians 6:10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:6-12

Case of the Incestuous Person. ( a. d. 57.) 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye… Read the whole commentary →

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