2 Corinthians 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version

⁹ I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For this was my purpose in writing you, to test your attitude and see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and altogether agreeable [to following my orders] in everything.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

Common English Bible

⁹ This is another reason why I wrote you. I wanted to test you and see if you are obedient in everything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 2:9 Cross References

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.

2 Corinthians 10:6

We are ready to punish every disobedience when your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

2 Corinthians 2:8

So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

2 Corinthians 8:2

for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you.

Deuteronomy 13:3

you must not heed the words of those prophets or those who divine by dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you indeed love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Philippians 2:22

But Timothy's worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Take note of those who do not obey what we say in this letter; have nothing to do with them, so that they may be ashamed.

Philemon 1:21

Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.