2 Corinthians 2:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
  • Phil 2:22 : 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Wherefore, my beloved, 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 the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
  • 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 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • 2 Cor 7:12-15 : 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

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