2 Corinthians 2:9
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.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
- KJV
- For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
- WEB
- For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
- ASV
- For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
- DARBY
- For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
- BLB
- For this indeed also I wrote, so that I might know the proof of you⁺, whether you⁺ are obedient to everything.
- ÅB
- For derfor var det også jeg skrev, for å få vite om dere holder prøve, om dere er lydige i alt.
- OTB
- For dette formålet skrev jeg også, for å teste dere, om dere er lydige i alle ting.
- B1930
- For derfor var det også jeg skrev, for å få vite om I holder prøve, om I er lydige i alt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 10:6
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Read in contextPhilemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:22
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:12–15
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:24
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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