2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
Cross References
Exodus 16:4Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
2 Corinthians 7:12So then, if also I wrote to you, [it was] not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.
2 Corinthians 10:6and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.
Philippians 2:22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.
Philemon 1:21Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than 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 →