the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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2 Corinthians 2:9
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I wrote for this purpose: to test your character to see if you are obedient in everything.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proofe of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
I wrote you to test you and to see if you obey in everything.
For this was my purpose in writing, to see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and committed to following my instruction in all things.
For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
For to this end also I wrote, so that I might know your proven character, whether you are obedient in all things.
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
I also wrote because I wanted to test you and find out if you would follow my instructions.
The reason I wrote you was to see if you would pass the test, to see if you would fully obey me.
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.
For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.
For that is why I wrote you, that I might know by your word whether you are obedient in all things.
I wrote you that letter because I wanted to find out how well you had stood the test and whether you are always ready to obey my instructions.
Because for this reason also I wrote, in order that I could know your proven character, whether you are obedient in everything.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, if you are obedient in all things.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
I had also written to you to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in every way.2 Corinthians 7:15; 10:6;">[xr]
On this account also I have written, to ascertain by experiment whether in every thing you will obey me.
9 For it was for this also that I wrote [fn] , that I might learn by a trial, whether ye would be obedient in every thing.
For this cause veryly did I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye be obedient in all thynges.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye were obedient in all things.
For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect.
For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe youre preuyng, whether in alle thingis ye ben obedient.
For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
I wrote to you as I did to test you and see if you would fully comply with my instructions.
This is why I wrote to you. I wanted to test you to see if you were willing to obey in all things.
I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything.
For, to this end, I also wrote, - that I might know the proof of you, whether, in all things, ye are obedient.
For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
For this cause verely dyd I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye shuld be obediet in all thinges.
for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.
For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether ye were obediet in all thinges.
for this was one view I had in writing, to have this trial of you, whether you are intirely obedient.
The focus of my letter wasn't on punishing the offender but on getting you to take responsibility for the health of the church. So if you forgive him, I forgive him. Don't think I'm carrying around a list of personal grudges. The fact is that I'm joining in with your forgiveness, as Christ is with us, guiding us. After all, we don't want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief—we're not oblivious to his sly ways!
One of the reasons I wrote you a letter was to see if y'all would do what you're were told to do.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that: 2 Corinthians 7:12-15, 2 Corinthians 8:24, Exodus 16:4, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:16, Deuteronomy 13:3, Philippians 2:22
whether: 2 Corinthians 7:15, 2 Corinthians 10:6, Philippians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Philemon 1:21
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 35:5 - Drink Romans 16:10 - approved 1 Corinthians 5:4 - when 2 Corinthians 7:5 - fears 2 Corinthians 7:7 - when 2 Thessalonians 3:4 - that
Cross-References
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
If we carefully obey the whole law, exactly as the Lord our God told us to, he will say that we have done a very good thing.'
Wisdom is like a life-giving tree to those who hold on to her; she is a blessing to those who keep her close.
What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.
False prophets tell lies, but the Lord shows that their lies are false. He makes fools of those who do magic. He confuses even the wise. They think they know a lot, but he makes them look foolish.
You do bad things but still feel safe. You say to yourself, ‘No one sees the wrong I do.' You thought that your wisdom and knowledge would save you. You tell yourself, ‘I alone am important, and no one else matters.'
I made the tree fall—and the nations shook with fear at the sound of the falling tree. I sent the tree down to the place of death to join the other people who had gone down into that deep hole. In the past, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, drank that water. The trees were comforted in the world below.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For to this end also did I write,.... Or "I have written", both in this and in his former epistle to them, and in both with this view,
that I might know the proof of you; that he might try, prove, and know them:
whether ye be obedient in all things; he wrote unto them in his former epistle, to put away that wicked man from them; which he did not do, merely to reproach the man, and fix a brand of infamy on him; nor merely to grieve and afflict their minds; nor only to show his own power and authority, which he as an apostle had received from Christ, but to make trial of their obedience; and he had had a proof of it in their rejection of him; and now he writes unto them, that since this man was truly humbled for his sin, and had repentance unto life not to be repented of, that they would as cheerfully receive him, and restore him to his place; that as the apostle had a proof of their obedience in the one, he might also have in the other, and so in all things: hence it appears, that though it belongs to the whole church, and that only, to reject or receive members, yet as ministers of the Gospel are set over the churches, to govern, guide, direct, and go before in matters of discipline; so whatever they propose, according to the rule of God's word, ought to be carefully attended to and obeyed.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For to this end also did I write - The apostle did not say that this was the only purpose of his writing, to induce them to excommunicate the offender. He does not say that he wished in an arbitrary manner to test their willingness to obey him, or to induce them to do a thing in itself wrong, in order to try their obedience. But the meaning is this: This was the main reason why he wrote to them, rather than to come personally among them. The thing ought to have been done; the offender ought to be punished; and Paul says that he adopted the method of writing to them rather than of coming among them in person, in order to give them an opportunity to show whether they were disposed to be obedient. And the sense is, “You may now forgive him. He has not only been sufficiently punished, and he has not only evinced suitable penitence, but also another object which I had in view has been accomplished. I desired to see whether you were, as a church, disposed to be obedient. That object, also, has been accomplished. And now, since everything aimed at in the case of discipline has been secured, you may forgive him, and should, without hesitation, again receive him to the bosom of the church.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:9. For to this end also did I write — εγραψα, I have written this also, the advices and commands which I now give you, that I might know whether ye be obedient in all things.
