📖WEB · 2 Corinthians 2:9
What does 2 Corinthians 2:9 mean?
"For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things."
— 2 Corinthians 2:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
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