2 Corinthians 2:8
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
KJV
διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς κυρῶσαι εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην·
Greek NT
Propter quod obsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum caritatem.
Vulgate
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
ASV
Wherefore, I beseech you that you would confirm your charity towards him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κυρόω
kuroo
verb · 2×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
ἀγάπη
agape
noun · 116×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. That one of you should have his father's wife. Wherefore said he not, That he should abuse his father's wife? The extreme foulness of the deed caused him to shrink. He hurries by it accordingly, with a sort of scrupulousness as though it had been explicitly mentioned before. And hereby again he aggravates the charge, implying that such things are ventured on among them as ev…
Q. How is the kingdom of heaven closed and opened by Christian discipline? A. According to the command of Christ: Those who, though called Christians, profess unchristian teachings or live unchristian lives, and after repeated and loving counsel refuse to abandon their errors and wickedness, and after being reported to the church, that is, to its officers, fail to respond also …
Cross-references
- Jude 1:22 — And of some have compassion, making a difference: