2 Corinthians 2:8

So I entreat you to assure him of your love.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.

9I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.

Galatians 6:10Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat everyone with kindness, and especially members 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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