2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:12So then, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor of him who suffered wrong, but that your care for us might be made manifest to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 10:6and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is made perfect.
Philippians 2:22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child with a father, he served with me for the gospel.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do 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 →