2 Corinthians 2:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἔγραψα, ἵνα γνῶ τὴν δοκιμὴν ὑμῶν, εἰ εἰς πάντα ὑπήκοοί ἐστε.

Transliteration

For eis touto gar also I egrapsa, hina I might gnō the dokimēn of you, if in all things hypēkooi you este.

Grammar Details

*eis touto*: preposition + accusative demonstrative - for this purpose
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*egrapsa*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I wrote
*hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*gnō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might know
*dokimēn*: accusative feminine singular - proof/test
*hypēkooi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - obedient
*este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are

Word Meanings

*dokimēn*: proof/test/approved character
*hypēkooi*: obedient/submissive/compliant

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 10:6 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
Phil 2:22 : 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
Phlm 1:21 : 21 Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Exod 16:4 : 4 Then said Jehovah unto 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.
Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
Deut 8:16 : 16 who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
Deut 13:3 : 3 you shall not listen unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
2 Cor 7:12-15 : 12 So although {G2532} I wrote unto you, I [wrote] not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore {G5124} we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all. 14 For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 15 And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Show ye therefore unto them {G2532} in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.

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