Bible verse
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
2 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Corinthians 2.
5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
6 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
7 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
13 I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
KJV
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
ASV
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
ERV
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
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