Verse 9

For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
  • Phil 2:22 : 22 But yee knowe the proofe of him, that as a sonne with the father, hee hath serued with me in the Gospel.
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed me, not as in my presence only, but now much more in mine absence, so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling.
  • Exod 16:4 : 4 Then sayd the Lord vnto Moses, Behold, I wil cause bread to rayne from heauen to you, & the people shal goe out, and gather that that is sufficient for euery day, that I may proue them, whether they wil walke in my Law or no.
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all ye way which the Lorde thy God led thee this fourtie yeere in the wildernesse, for to humble thee and to proue thee, to knowe what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keepe his commandements or no.
  • Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende.
  • Deut 13:3 : 3 Thou shalt not hearken vnto the wordes of the prophet, or vnto that dreamer of dreames: for the Lord your God prooueth you, to knowe whether ye loue the Lord your God with al your heart, and with all your soule.
  • 2 Cor 7:12-15 : 12 Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted, because ye were comforted: but rather we reioyced much more for the ioye of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true. 15 And his inwarde affection is more aboundant toward you, when he remembreth the obedience of you all, and howe with feare and trembling ye receiued him.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherefore shew toward them, and before the Churches the proofe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.