For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are 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.
- KJV For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be 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.
- 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 being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
- Phlm 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
- 2 Cor 7:12–15So although I wrote to 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 revealed in you in the sight of God.
- Phil 2:22But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
- 2 Cor 8:24Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
- Deut 8:2You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Phil 2:12So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Deut 8:16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
- 2 Th 3:14If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
- Deut 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Exod 16:4Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
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