2 Corinthians 2:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

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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.

2 Corinthians 2:9 Cross References

Exodus 16:4

And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord: for he hath heard your murmuring against the Lord: but as for us, what are we, that you mutter against us?

2 Corinthians 10:6

5 Not glorying beyond measure in other men's labours; but having hope of your increasing faith, to be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly;

2 Corinthians 2:3

2 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 2:4

3 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 2:8

7 For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.

2 Corinthians 8:2

1 Now therefore perform ye it also in deed; that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have.

2 Corinthians 8:24

As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever.

Deuteronomy 13:3

Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

Deuteronomy 8:16

Hear, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky,

Deuteronomy 8:2

For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land, of brooks and of waters, and of fountains: in the plains of which and the hills deep rivers break out:

Philippians 2:12

1 For all seek the things that are their own; not the things that are Jesus Christ's.

Philippians 2:22

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not wearisome, but to you it is necessary.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

Philemon 1:21

For to which of the angels hath he said at any time, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?