2 Corinthians 2:9
ContextNET © | For this reason also I wrote you: 1 to test you to see 2 if you are obedient in everything. |
NIV © | The reason I wrote to you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. |
NASB © | For to this end also I 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 find out how far you would go in obeying me. |
MSG © | The focus of my letter wasn't on punishing the offender but on getting you to take responsibility for the health of the church. |
BBE © | And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things. |
NRSV © | I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are 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. |
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NET © | For this reason also I wrote you: 1 to test you to see 2 if you are obedient in everything. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object). 2 tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7). |