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"For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything."
— 2 Corinthians 2:9, NET Bible
“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 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.”
This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,
so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.
If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him– for indeed what I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
so that we may not be exploited by Satan(for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,