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2 Corinthians 2:9

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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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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:6Rank 1 from verse 9
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    6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

  2. Philemon 1:21Rank 2 from verse 9
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    21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

  3. 2 Corinthians 7:12–15Rank 3 from verse 9
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    12Wherefore, 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.

    13Therefore 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.

    14For 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.

    15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

  4. Philippians 2:22Rank 4 from verse 9
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    22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

  5. 2 Corinthians 8:24Rank 5 from verse 9
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    24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

  6. 2 Thessalonians 3:14Rank 6 from verse 9
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    14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

  7. Deuteronomy 13:3Rank 7 from verse 9
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    3Thou 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.

  8. Deuteronomy 8:16Rank 8 from verse 9
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    16Who 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;

  9. Deuteronomy 8:2Rank 9 from verse 9
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    2And 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.

  10. Exodus 16:4Rank 10 from verse 9
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    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.

  11. Philippians 2:12Rank 11 from verse 9
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    12Wherefore, 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.

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2 Corinthians 2:9

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

write

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Sense 1: To form letters or words, inscribe, record, compose, copy, or communicate in writing. Sense 2: By figure, to impress and establish something upon the heart or mind.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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proof

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Evidence that proves; a test or demonstration of truth, genuineness, or obedience.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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obedient

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Yielding, submitting, or acting according to a command or authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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2:5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

2:6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

2:7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

2:8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

2:9For 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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2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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