2 Corinthians 2:9
It 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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8Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.
Cross References
Exodus 16:4Then the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Let the people go out and collect what is sufficient for each day, so that I may test them, as to whether or not they will walk in my law.
Deuteronomy 8:16and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
2 Corinthians 7:12And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.
2 Corinthians 10:6and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.
Philippians 2:22So know this evidence of him: that like a son with a father, so has he served with me in the Gospel.
Philemon 1:21I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.
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 →