2 Corinthians 8:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.

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  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:
  • Phil 2:6-8 : 6 which beyinge in the shappe of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God, 7 but made him selfe of no reputacion, and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt, became like another man, 8 and was founde in his apparell as a man: he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 Which spared not his owne sonne, but hath geuen him for vs all: how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also?
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the worde became flesh, and dwelt amonge vs: and we sawe his glory, a glory as of the onely begotte sonne of the father, full of grace and trueth.
  • John 1:1-4 : 1 In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and God was ye worde. 2 The same was in the begynnynge wt God. 3 All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made. 4 In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred, that synne shulde increace. Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was, there was yet more plenteousnes of grace: 21 that, like as synne had reigned vnto death, eue so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: ye seconde ma is fro heaue, heauely.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorowynge, and yet allwaye mery: as poore, & yet make many riche: as hauynge nothinge, & yet possessynge all thinges.
  • 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, & the loue of God, and the fellishippe of ye holy goost be with you all. Amen.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ,
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued, 7 in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace, 8 which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyssdome and prudece:
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now ioye I in my sufferynges, which I suffre for you, and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodyes sake, which is the congregacion,
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne, whom he hath made heyre of all thinges, by whom also he made the worlde.
  • Heb 1:6-9 : 6 And agayne, wha he bryngeth in the fyrst begotte sonne in to the worlde, he sayeth: And all the angels of God shal worshippe him. 7 And of the angels he sayeth: He maketh his angels spretes, & his mynisters flames of fyre. 8 But vnto ye sonne he sayeth: God, yi seate endureth for euer & euer: the cepter of yi kyngdome is a right cepter. 9 Thou hast loued righteousnes, & hated iniquyte: wherfore God (which is thy God) hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue yi felowes. 10 And thou LORDE in ye begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and ye heaues are the workes of thy handes, 11 they shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmet, 12 and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art ye same, and thy yeares shal not fayle. 13 Vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme: Syt thou on my righte hade, tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole? 14 Are they not all mynistrynge spretes, sent to mynister for their sakes, which shalbe heyres of saluacion?
  • Luke 16:11 : 11 Yf ye then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who wyll beleue you in that which is true?
  • Luke 2:7 : 7 And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauch, & as a rote in a drie grounde. He shal haue nether bewty ner fauoure. When we loke vpon him, there shalbe no fayrnesse: we shal haue no lust vnto him.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tuge, & for Ierusales sake I will not ceasse: vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as ye shyninge light, & their health as a burnynge lampe.
  • Isa 65:8 : 8 Morouer thus saieth the LORDE: like as when one wolde gather holy grapes, men saye vnto him: breake it not of, for it is holy: Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes, that I will not destroye them all.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Iesus sayde vnto him: the foxes haue holes, and the byrddes of the ayer hane nestes, but ye sonne of ma hath not wheron to rest his heede.
  • Matt 17:27 : 27 Neuertheles lest we offende them, go thy waye to the see, and cast thine angle, and take the fysh that first cometh vp, and whan thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a pece of twenty pens, take that, and geue it them for me and the.
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 and Ioanna ye wife of Chusa Herodes stewarde, and Susanna, and many other, that mynistred vnto them of their substaunce.
  • Luke 9:58 : 58 And Iesus sayde vnto him: The foxes haue holes, and the byrdes vnder the heaue haue nestes: but the sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his heade.
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the Carpenter the sonne of Mary, and the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iude and Symon? Are not his sisters here with vs also? And they were offended at him.
  • Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed ye foundacion of the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes. 26 They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, 27 & as a vesture shalt thou chaunge the, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, and thy yeares shal not fayle.
  • John 1:10 : 10 He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the lawe was geuen by Moses, grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ.
  • John 12:30 : 30 Iesus answered, and sayde: This voyce came not because of me, but for youre sakes.
  • John 16:15 : 15 All that the father hath, is myne. Therfore haue I sayde: he shal receaue of myne, and shewe vnto you.
  • John 17:19 : 19 and for their sakes I sanctifye my self, that they also maye be sanctifyed in the trueth.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him?
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre, that thou mayste be riche: and whyte rayment, that thou mayste be clothed, that thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, yt thou mayste se.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shal inheret all thinges I wil be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll:
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 For by him were all thinges created, that are in heauen and earth, thinges vysible and thinges inuysible, whether they be maiesties or lordshippes, ether rules or powers: All thinges are created by him and in him, 17 and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge.
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 yt in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace, in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu.
  • Rom 11:12 : 12 For yf their fall be the riches of the worlde, and the mynishinge of the the riches of the Heythen: how moch more shulde it be so, yf their fulnesse were there?
  • 1 Cor 1:4 : 4 I thake my God allwayes on youre behalfe, for the fauoure of God which is geue you in Iesus Christ,

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