2 Corinthians 2:9

New English Translation

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

Cross References

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they walk in my law or not?

2 Corinthians 10:6

We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

2 Corinthians 2:8

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

Deuteronomy 13:3

You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

Deuteronomy 8:16

fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Philippians 2:12

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

Philippians 2:22

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Philemon 1:21

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.