2 Corinthians 2:9
“For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.”
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;
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Related Verses
“For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;”
“And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.”
“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.”
“Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.”
“That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.”