2 Corinthians 2:8

Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.

9for unto this also I wrote, in order that I may know your approval, if you are obedient in all things.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For you were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.

Galatians 6:10Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are 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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