2 Corinthians 2:9

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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.

Cross References

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses: "Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Let the people go out and collect what is sufficient for each day, so that I may test them, as to whether or not they will walk in my law.

2 Corinthians 10:6

and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:8

Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.

2 Corinthians 8:2

For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.

Deuteronomy 13:3

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you, so that it may become clear whether or not you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Philippians 2:12

And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling.

Philippians 2:22

So know this evidence of him: that like a son with a father, so has he served with me in the Gospel.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

But if anyone does not obey our word by this epistle, take note of him and do not keep company with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Philemon 1:21

I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.