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Read Full Chapter (2 Corinthians 2) 2 Corinthians 2:9 KJV
"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 Chapter 2, Verse 9
2 Corinthians 2:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
6
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
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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.
10
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;
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,