2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
8Therefore I urge you, that you would reaffirm your love for him.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:12Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it because of the one who committed the wrong, nor because of the one who suffered the wrong, but that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 10:6And we have a readiness to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
Philippians 2:22But you know he has proven himself, that, as a son with his father, he has served with me in the gospel.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even 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 →