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2 Korintus 2:9

Sebab justru itulah maksudnya aku menulis surat kepada kamu, yaitu untuk menguji kamu, apakah kamu taat dalam segala sesuatu.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Love;   Scofield Reference Index - Forgiveness;   Gospel;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Titus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Excommunication;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Excommunication;   Experience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church (2);   Discipline;   Excommunication;   Excommunication (2);   Obedience;   Restoration of Offenders;   Tares ;   Temptation, Trial;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;   End;   Excommunication;   Pauline Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sebab justru itulah maksudnya aku menulis surat kepada kamu, yaitu untuk menguji kamu, apakah kamu taat dalam segala sesuatu.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Karena sebab inilah juga aku sudah menyuratkan, supaya aku dapat menguji kamu, kalau-kalau kamu taat di dalam segala perkara.

Contextual Overview

5 But yf any man hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made me sorie, but partly, lest I shoulde greeue you all. 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many. 7 So that nowe contrarywise, ye ought rather to forgeue hym, and comforte hym, lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse. 8 Wherfore I pray you, that you would confirme your loue towardes hym. 9 For this cause veryly did I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye be obedient in all thynges. 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng, I forgeue also. For if I forgaue any thing, to whom I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it, in the sight of Christe. 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs: For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: 2 Corinthians 7:12-15, 2 Corinthians 8:24, Exodus 16:4, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:16, Deuteronomy 13:3, Philippians 2:22

whether: 2 Corinthians 7:15, 2 Corinthians 10:6, Philippians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Philemon 1:21

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 35:5 - Drink Romans 16:10 - approved 1 Corinthians 5:4 - when 2 Corinthians 7:5 - fears 2 Corinthians 7:7 - when 2 Thessalonians 3:4 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastwarde in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had shapen.
Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.
Genesis 2:17
But as touching the tree of knowlege of good and euyll thou shalt not eate of it: For in what daye so euer thou eatest therof, thou shalt dye the death.
Genesis 3:3
But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde, ye shall not eate of it, neither shal ye touche of it, lest peraduenture ye dye.
Deuteronomy 6:25
Moreouer, this shalbe our righteousnesse before the Lorde our God, if we take heede, & kepe all these commaundementes, as he hath commaunded vs.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
Isaiah 44:25
I destroy the tokens of witches, and make the soothsayers fooles: As for the wise I turne them backwarde, and make their cunning foolishnesse.
Isaiah 47:10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse, and hast said, No man seeth me: thine owne wisdome and cunning hath deceaued thee, in that thou hast sayd in thyne heart, I am alone, and without me there is none.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the heathen shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast hym downe to hell with them that descend into the pit: all the excellent trees of Eden, & the best of Libanus, all that drinke waters, shalbe comforted in the neather partes of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For to this end also did I write,.... Or "I have written", both in this and in his former epistle to them, and in both with this view,

that I might know the proof of you; that he might try, prove, and know them:

whether ye be obedient in all things; he wrote unto them in his former epistle, to put away that wicked man from them; which he did not do, merely to reproach the man, and fix a brand of infamy on him; nor merely to grieve and afflict their minds; nor only to show his own power and authority, which he as an apostle had received from Christ, but to make trial of their obedience; and he had had a proof of it in their rejection of him; and now he writes unto them, that since this man was truly humbled for his sin, and had repentance unto life not to be repented of, that they would as cheerfully receive him, and restore him to his place; that as the apostle had a proof of their obedience in the one, he might also have in the other, and so in all things: hence it appears, that though it belongs to the whole church, and that only, to reject or receive members, yet as ministers of the Gospel are set over the churches, to govern, guide, direct, and go before in matters of discipline; so whatever they propose, according to the rule of God's word, ought to be carefully attended to and obeyed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For to this end also did I write - The apostle did not say that this was the only purpose of his writing, to induce them to excommunicate the offender. He does not say that he wished in an arbitrary manner to test their willingness to obey him, or to induce them to do a thing in itself wrong, in order to try their obedience. But the meaning is this: This was the main reason why he wrote to them, rather than to come personally among them. The thing ought to have been done; the offender ought to be punished; and Paul says that he adopted the method of writing to them rather than of coming among them in person, in order to give them an opportunity to show whether they were disposed to be obedient. And the sense is, “You may now forgive him. He has not only been sufficiently punished, and he has not only evinced suitable penitence, but also another object which I had in view has been accomplished. I desired to see whether you were, as a church, disposed to be obedient. That object, also, has been accomplished. And now, since everything aimed at in the case of discipline has been secured, you may forgive him, and should, without hesitation, again receive him to the bosom of the church.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 2:9. For to this end also did I write — εγραψα, I have written this also, the advices and commands which I now give you, that I might know whether ye be obedient in all things.


 
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