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2 Corinthians 2:9 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 2 · verse 9
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.2 Corinthians 2:9 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 2:9 in context
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
10To 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;
11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- obedienthypēkoosgiving ear, obedientG5255 →
- writegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- proofdokimēproving, trial, approved, tried character, a proof, a specimen of tried worthG1382 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- endtoutothat , thisG5124 →
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In these verses the apostle treats concerning the incestuous person who had been excommunicated, which seems to be one principal cause of his writing this epistle. Here observe, 1. He tells them that the crime of that person had grieved him in part;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11