2 Corinthians 2:8

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love to him.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7So that on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

9For to this end also did I write, that I might have proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.

Galatians 6:10And therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the houshold 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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