2 Corinthians 9:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.

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  • 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 And I shewe my minde herein: for this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to doe onely, but also to will, a yeare agoe.
  • 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherefore shew toward them, and before the Churches the proofe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.
  • 1 Cor 16:15 : 15 Nowe brethren, I beseeche you (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue giuen themselues to minister vnto the Saintes)
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes,
  • 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Pavl an Apostle of Iesvs Christ, by the will of God, and our brother Timotheus, to the Church of God, which is at Corinthus with all the Saints, which are in all Achaia:
  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seate,
  • 1 Thess 1:7 : 7 So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.
  • 2 Cor 8:19 : 19 (And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 9:3-5
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    3Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

    5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

  • 1 Thess 1:7-8
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    7So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which is toward God, spred abroad in all quarters, that we neede not to speake any thing.

  • 2 Cor 8:10-11
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    10And I shewe my minde herein: for this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to doe onely, but also to will, a yeare agoe.

    11Nowe therefore performe to doe it also, that as there was a readinesse to will, euen so yee may performe it of that which yee haue.

  • 2 Cor 1:14-16
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    14Euen as ye haue acknowledged vs partly, that we are your reioycing, euen as ye are ours, in the day of our Lord Iesus.

    15And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

    10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 8:1-3
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    1We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,

    2Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie.

    3For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Wherefore shew toward them, and before the Churches the proofe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

  • 2 Cor 10:15-16
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    15Not boasting of things which are without our measure: that is, of other mens labours: and we hope, when your faith shall increase, to bee magnified by you according to our line aboundantly,

    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And this am I sure of, that I shal abide, and with you all continue, for your furtherance and ioy of your faith,

    26That ye may more aboundantly reioyce in Iesvs Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13(Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

  • 2 Cor 8:17
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    17Because hee accepted the exhortation, yea, hee was so carefull that of his owne accorde hee went vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16I reioyce therefore that I may put my confidence in you in all things.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10Nowe I reioyce also in the Lord greatly, that nowe at the last your care for mee springeth afresh, wherein notwithstanding ye were careful, but yee lacked opportunitie.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17But the others of loue, knowing that I am set for the defence of the Gospell.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

  • 1 Cor 16:17
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    17I am glad of the comming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for they haue supplied the want of you.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience & faith in al your persecutions & tribulatios that ye suffer,

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5Euen for this cause, when I could no longer forbeare, I sent him that I might knowe of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labour had bene in vaine.

  • Rom 1:15
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    15Therefore, as much as in me is, I am readie to preach ye Gospel to you also that are at Rome.

  • 2 Cor 8:22
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    22And we haue sent with them our brother, whom we haue oft times prooued to be diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence, which I haue in you.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5Because of the felowship which ye haue in the Gospel, from the first day vnto nowe.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.

  • Phil 1:14
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    14In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,

    2But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation through your prayer, and by the helpe of the Spirit of Iesus Christ,