"For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things." — 2 Corinthians 2:9

2 Corinthians 2:9 · KJV

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

— 2 Corinthians 2:9

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

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; {person: or, sight}

2 Corinthians 2 — Context

So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

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.

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; {person: or, sight}

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:6

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Philemon 1:21

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Philippians 2:22

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

2 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.

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

2 Corinthians 8:24

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

Exodus 16:4

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. {a certain...: Heb. the portion of a day in his day}

Philippians 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.