For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Parallel translations
- WEB For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
- BSB My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
- NKJV For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
- NASB For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
- NLT I wrote to you as I did to test you and see if you would fully comply with my instructions.
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Quick answer
Paul wrote in part to test whether the Corinthians would prove obedient in all things. Their response to his correction revealed their faithfulness.
Overview
One purpose of Paul's earlier letter was to see whether the church would obey his apostolic instruction. Their willingness to discipline and then forgive demonstrated genuine obedience. This shows that faithful churches submit to godly correction, and that obedience is tested in concrete situations of love and discipline.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 2 Cor 10:6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
- Phlm 1:21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
- 2 Cor 7:12–15Wherefore, 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.
- Phil 2:22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
- 2 Cor 8:24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
- Deut 8:2And 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.
- Phil 2:12Wherefore, 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.
- Deut 8:16Who 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;
- 2 Th 3:14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
- Deut 13:3Thou 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.
- Exod 16:4Then 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.
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