To confirm (κυρωσα). First aorist active infinitive of old verb κυροω, to make valid, to ratify, from κυρος (head, authority). In …

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. The word translated here as 'confirm,' (kyrōsai), appears in …

That you would confirm your love.—The word for “confirm” (better, perhaps, ratify—compare Galatians 3:15) suggests the thought of…

Instead of continuing or increasing the punishment, the Corinthians ought to rescue the man from inordinate grief and complete his reformation by f…

Wherefore I beseech you
Or exhort you:

that you would confirm your love towards him…

The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done wrong back into their communion, because he was aware of his fault and greatly afflicte…

After giving the reason for his delay—namely, to avoid causing them pain—and after telling them of his sadness, the Apostle here addresses the one …