2 Corinthians 7:12
So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
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Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
- 1 Timothy 3:5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
- 2 Corinthians 2:3–4 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.