2 Corinthians 8:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

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  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

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  • 2 Cor 8:10
    83%

    10 And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

  • 2 Cor 8:12-14
    3 verses
    82%

    12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

    14 But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-8
    6 verses
    76%

    3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

    6 So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

    7 And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-8
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    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

    7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

    8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

  • Phil 2:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;

    13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

  • Phil 1:6
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    6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

  • Heb 6:11
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    11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14 But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

  • Heb 13:21
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    21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • 2 Cor 10:6
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    6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.

  • 2 Cor 9:1-2
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    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

    2 For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

  • Rom 12:11
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    11 Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

  • Phil 3:15
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    15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

  • Eph 6:7
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    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Col 3:23
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    23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11 Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

  • 2 Cor 1:17
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    17 If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;

  • Phil 2:2
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    2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Heb 10:36
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    36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

    21 For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

  • 2 Cor 8:17
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    17 For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

  • 1 Tim 6:18
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    18 And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11 For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14 Let all you do be done in love.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Gal 6:10
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    10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

  • 1 Thess 5:24
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    24 God, by whom you have been marked out in his purpose, is unchanging and will make it complete.

  • Rom 4:21
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    21 And being certain that God was able to keep his word.