2 Corinthians 8:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And in this I give my advice: it is beneficial for you who began a year ago not only to do but also to desire to do it.

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  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I know the eagerness of your mind, for which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has inspired many.
  • 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share; 19 Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.
  • 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 On the first day of the week, let each of you set aside and store up as God has prospered him, so there will be no collections when I come.
  • 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It is not profitable for me, doubtless, to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
  • John 11:50 : 50 Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.
  • John 16:7 : 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is beneficial for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I leave, I will send him to you.
  • John 18:14 : 14 Now Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
  • 1 Cor 6:12 : 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  • 1 Cor 10:23 : 23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but not all things build up.

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  • 2 Cor 8:11-14
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    11Now therefore complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire, so there may be a completion out of what you have.

    12For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

    14But by equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, and their abundance may supply your lack, that there may be equality:

  • 2 Cor 9:1-6
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    1Concerning the service to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you:

    2For I know the eagerness of your mind, for which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has inspired many.

    3Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain regarding this matter; that, as I said, you may be ready:

    4Lest if those of Macedonia come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to say you) should be ashamed of this same confident boasting.

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness.

    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • 2 Cor 8:5-9
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    5And this they did, not as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

    6So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, he would also complete in you this grace also.

    7Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also.

    8I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

  • Phil 1:9-10
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    9And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

    10So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

  • Phil 1:5-6
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    5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

    6Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  • Gal 2:10
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    10They only desired that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence, I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit;

    16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

  • 2 Pet 1:10-11
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    10Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:

    11For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

    21Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

  • 3 John 1:6
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    6They have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey in a godly manner, you will do well:

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:

  • 2 Cor 8:17
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    17For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being very earnest, of his own accord he went to you.

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For to this end I also wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

  • Titus 3:8
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    8This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

  • Phil 3:13
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    13Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

  • 1 Tim 6:18
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    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share;

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last your care for me has flourished again; in which you were also caring, but you lacked opportunity.

  • Phil 3:15-16
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    15Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.

    16Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have instructed the churches of Galatia, so you must do as well.

  • Heb 6:11
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    11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

  • Rom 12:11
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    11Not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  • Col 1:10
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    10That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • 2 Tim 4:9
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    9Do your diligence to come to me quickly;

  • Gal 6:10
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    10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.

  • Eph 1:8
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    8Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let such a person consider this, that as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.