2 Corinthians 8:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?
  • 2 Cor 8:4 : 4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:
  • 2 Cor 8:16-17 : 16 But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus. 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 Cor 8:19 : 19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 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.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

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  • 2 Cor 8:7-11
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    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.

    9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

    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.

    11 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.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 8:16-17
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    16 But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

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

  • 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:

  • 2 Cor 12:18
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    18 I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

  • 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:

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1 And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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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;

    12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 7:13-15
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    13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

    14 For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

    15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

  • 2 Cor 8:22-24
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    22 And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

    23 If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.

    24 Make clear then to them, as representatives of the churches, the quality of your love, and that the things which we have said about you are true.

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    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:

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

    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:

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

  • 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;

  • 1 Cor 1:8
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    8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Cor 1:5-6
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    5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

    6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

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    7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

    8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

  • 1 Thess 3:6
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    6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

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    6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

  • Col 1:6
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    6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8 For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

    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 1:8-10
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    8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

    9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

    10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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

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    12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

  • 2 Cor 1:11-15
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    11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

    13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

    14 Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    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.

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    10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.

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    1 What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?