2 Corinthians 2:8

Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

9For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Galatians 6:10So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of 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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