2 Corinthians 2:8
“Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.”
2 Corinthians 2:8 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
- DARBYDarby
- Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of your love.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
Context: 2 Corinthians 2
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
About 2 Corinthians 2: The Forgiveness of Sin
Paul explains that he had to change his plans to visit Corinth and apologizes for any pain his previous letter may have caused.
Commentary
In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul is addressing the church in Corinth and encouraging them to forgive and restore a man who had sinned against them. He begins by reminding them of the comfort and encouragement they have received from God, and how they should extend that same grace to their fellow brother. He then goes on to explain that the punishment for the man’s sin should be sufficient, and that they should not add to it by withholding forgiveness. Paul then encourages them to forgive and restore the man, so that the church can be unified and the man can be restored to fellowship.