2 Corinthians 2:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and 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, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

2 Corinthians 10:6

being 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 felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much affliction 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 beg you to reaffirm your love for him.

2 Corinthians 8:2

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part.

2 Corinthians 8:24

So give proof, before the churches, of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.

Deuteronomy 13:3

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

Philippians 2:12

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

Philippians 2:22

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

2 Thessalonians 3:14

If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

Philemon 1:21

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