2 Corinthians 9:12

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For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

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  • 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 as you join in helping us through your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
  • 2 Cor 8:4 : 4 They urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
  • 2 Cor 8:14-15 : 14 At the present time, your abundance should meet their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need—so that there may be equality. 15 As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'
  • 2 Cor 9:1 : 1 Indeed, concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.
  • Phil 2:25 : 25 But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need.
  • Phil 4:18-19 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
  • Phlm 1:4-7 : 4 I always thank my God as I mention you in my prayers, 5 because I hear about your love and faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints. 6 I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. 7 For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 9:13-15
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    13Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with all.

    14And in their prayers for you, their hearts will go out to you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

    15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

  • 2 Cor 9:10-11
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    10Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

    11You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    78%

    1Indeed, concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

  • 2 Cor 9:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly.

    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

    7Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

    8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in every way, at all times, having all that you need, you may abound in every good work.

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11as you join in helping us through your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-16
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    13Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance should meet their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need—so that there may be equality.

    15As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'

    16Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19Not only that, but he was also chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry out this act of grace, which is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

    20We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us regarding this generous gift we are administering.

  • 2 Cor 8:1-5
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    1Now we want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia.

    2In the midst of a severe trial brought by affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty overflowed into abundant generosity.

    3For I testify that they gave according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, entirely on their own.

    4They urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

    5And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

  • Phil 4:17-19
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    72%

    17Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

    18I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

    19And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

  • Col 1:25
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    25I have become its servant according to the commission God gave me for you, to fully proclaim the word of God,

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3We always ought to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing.

  • Rom 12:13
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    13Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
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    4I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

    5That in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

  • 1 Tim 1:12
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    12I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8I robbed other churches by taking support from them to serve you.

    9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

    8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

  • Rom 1:9
    70%

    9For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness that I unceasingly mention you

  • Rom 15:26-27
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    26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.

    27Yes, they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated also to minister to them with material blessings.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Heb 6:10
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    10For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love you have shown for His name, having served and continuing to serve the saints.

  • Phil 1:3
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    3I thank my God every time I remember you.

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you—not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out everywhere, so that we don’t need to say anything.

  • Eph 1:16
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    16I never stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

  • Eph 4:12
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    12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

  • 1 Thess 1:2
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    2We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers without ceasing.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for what was lacking in your service to me.