2 Corinthians 2:8

for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

9for this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to all things.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,

Galatians 6:10therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially to 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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