2 Corinthians 2:8

Wherefore I beseech you, that you would confirm your love towards him The word -your" is not in the original. It is not theirlove, but love itself, the fundamental principle (see 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:16) of the Christian covenant. The word here rendered confirmis used of the ratification, i.e. by some public act or token, of a covenant. See Galatians 3:15; Galatians 3:17, where the same word is used in the original. The Vulgate, Calvin, Wiclif, the Geneva and Rhemish versions render confirm, Tyndale and Cranmer that love may have strength.