Catholic Public Domain Version
"It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things. "
— 2 Corinthians 2:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof 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 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 this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.”
“For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be 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 also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.”
Let this rebuke be sufficient for someone like this, for it has been brought by many.
So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.
Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.
It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.
But anyone whom you have forgiven of anything, I also forgive. And then, too, anyone I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it was done in the person of Christ for your sakes,
so that we would not be circumvented by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his intentions.
And when I had arrived at Troas, because of the Gospel of Christ, and a door had opened to me in the Lord,