2 Corinthians 2:9

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

In Context

8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love to him.

10And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:12Wherefore if I wrote in such a manner to you, it was not merely on his account who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had been injured; but that our care for you in the sight of God might be manifested among you.

2 Corinthians 10:6And being prepared to avenge all disobedience, since your obedience is fulfilled.

Philippians 2:22But ye know the proof I have had of him, that as son with a father he served with me in the gospel.

Philemon 1:21Being fully persuaded of thy compliance, I have written to thee; knowing that thou wilt indeed do more than I ask.

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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