2 Corinthians 2:8

Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

9For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.

Galatians 6:10Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to 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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