9For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.


In Context

6 Sufficient to such a one is this rebuke which has been inflicted by the many;

7 so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

8 Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of your love.

9 For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.

10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the person of Christ;

11 that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.

2 Corinthians 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:9The reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things.