2 Corinthians 8:13

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

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  • Acts 4:34 : 34 Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
  • Rom 15:26-27 : 26 For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things.

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  • 2 Cor 8:14-15
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    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:

    15As it is written, 'He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.'

  • 2 Cor 8:8-12
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    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.

    10And 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.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

    8I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you.

    9And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19And not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show your eager willingness.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    13For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

    14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-8
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    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.

    7Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

    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 8:1-4
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    1Moreover, brothers and sisters, we want you to know of the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia;

    2How in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the riches of their generosity.

    3For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they were willing of themselves;

    4Earnestly pleading with us for the privilege of participating in the service to the saints.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • Gal 6:5
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    5For every man shall bear his own burden.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no one seek his own good, but each one the good of others.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put too much burden on you all.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;

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    1Concerning the service to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you:

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 6:13
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    13Now in return for the same (I speak as to my children), you also be enlarged.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
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    16But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

  • 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.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

  • Acts 15:10
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    10Now therefore why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

  • Rom 15:27
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    27It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why should my liberty be judged by another man's conscience?

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

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you: you have not injured me at all.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life.