2nd Corinthians Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
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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.
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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.
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For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
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For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - For to this end also did I write. This is another reason which he gives for the severe tone of his First Epistle. It was written (1) to avoid the necessity for a painful visit (ver. 3); (2) to show his special love for them (ver. 4); and (3) to test their obedience. The proof of you. Your proved faithfulness (2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 9:13; 2 Corinthians 13:3; Romans 5:4); your capacity to stand a test.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) For to this end also did I write . . .--The tense of the Greek verb, which may be what is known as the Epistolary aorist, used by the writer of the time at which he writes, would not be decisive as to what is referred to, and the words may mean: "I write to you thus to see whether you are as obedient now as you were before--in one line of action as in the other." If he refers to the First Epistle, it is to intimate that he gave the directions in 1Corinthians 5:3-7, not only for the removal of a scandal and the reformation of the offender who had caused it, but as a test of their obedience. On the whole, the former interpretation seems preferable. It scarcely seems like St. Paul to make the punishment a trial of obedience. There is a characteristic subtle delicacy of thought in his suggesting that, having shown obedience in punishing they should show it also in forgiving.
