2 Corinthians 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. ”

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Albert 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 arbitr...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthia...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to this end for (Greek. eie) this. also did. write . did. write also. proof. Greek. dokime. See Romans 5:4 (experience). whether . if. App-118. obedient. Greek hupikoos. See Acts...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. For I had written to you also for this purpose. He anticipates an objection, that they might bring forward. “What then did you mean, when you were so very indignant, because we had not in...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. For to this end also did I write - Εγραψα, I have written this also, the advices and comman...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. For. Additional reason why they should restore him-namely, as a "proof" of their ob...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 2:8-13. The Object and Results of the severe Letter The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who has...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For to this end also did I write... — The tense of the Greek verb, which may be what is known as the Epistolary aorist, used by the writer of the time at which he writes, would not be decisive as t...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself from the charge of levity and untrustwort...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tender-hearted and Forgiving 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 . His judgment had been str...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with many tears." Referring thus to his first letter, Pau...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? (3) An...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, prov...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. Ver. 9. Whether ye be obedient ] First to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God,...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sufficient to such a man With what remarkable tenderness does the apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does he here so much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in t...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was su...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Case of the Incestuous Person. A. D. 57. 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As for other ends, so for this also I wrote my former Epistle to you, and I now write this Second Epistle to you also, that I might have an experiment of you, what regard you would show to that apost...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Because for this purpose also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.' He assures them that the main reason that he had written the severe letter to the...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( N.B .— The paragraph really begins at 2 Corinthians 1:23 .) 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Determined .—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2 . For myself .—So R.V., meaning, “For my own sake as we...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:1 . But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness; but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

But if any have caused grief The aim of Church discipline is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen. The Church has, of course, an interest of its own to guard i it is bound to prot...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous offender ( 2 Corinthians 2:5-47 ). His thankfulness...
2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The case of the notorious sinner:
2 Corinthians 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:6 ; 2 Corinthians 7:12-15 ; 2 Corinthians 7:15 ; 2 Corinthians 8:24 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ; Deuteronomy 13:3 ; Deuteronomy 8:16 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Exodus 16:4 ; Philemon...

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge