2 Corinthians 2:9
For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.
Montgomery New Testament
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In Context
8So I beg you to reinstate him in your love.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:12So then, even if I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of him who had been wronged, but to make clear to yourselves in the sight of God your earnest care for me.
2 Corinthians 10:6and I am fully prepared to punish every act of disobedience, when once your submission has been put beyond question.
Philippians 2:22And you know Timothy’s worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.
Philemon 1:21Because I am thoroughly persuaded of your obedience, I have written you, knowing full well that you will do by me what I am asking.
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 →