2 Corinzi 2:8

8 Perciò vi prego di confermargli l’amor vostro;

2 Corinzi 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8

Wherefore I beseech you
Or exhort you:

that ye would confirm your love towards him:
express your love to him in the most kind and tender manner, show the same, and as strong love to him as you did before, and as if he had never offended; receive him as a brother in the most affectionate manner, and embrace him with the most endearing expressions of respect and friendship; and let your reception of him in this kind and friendly way be with the full consent, and by the joint vote and suffrage of the whole church, for so the word translated "confirm" signifies; for as the ejection of a person out of a church must be done by the decree and vote of the church, or it is not authentic, so the reception of a person into it must be in like manner; and since this was to be done by the suffrage of the church, the apostle beseeches and exhorts them to do it.

2 Corinzi 2:8 In-Context

6 Basta a quel tale la riprensione inflittagli dalla maggioranza;

7 onde ora, al contrario, dovreste piuttosto perdonarlo e confortarlo, che talora non abbia a rimaner sommerso da soverchia tristezza.

8 Perciò vi prego di confermargli l’amor vostro;

9 poiché anche per questo vi ho scritto: per conoscere alla prova se siete ubbidienti in ogni cosa.

10 Or a chi voi perdonate qualcosa, perdono anch’io; poiché anch’io quel che ho perdonato, se ho perdonato qualcosa, l’ho fatto per amor vostro, nel cospetto di Cristo,