2 Corinthians 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being very earnest, of his own accord he went to you.

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  • 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, he would also complete in you this grace also.
  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 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.
  • Heb 13:22 : 22 And I urge you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.

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  • 2 Cor 8:16
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    16But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  • 2 Cor 8:22-24
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    22And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now much more diligent because of the great confidence we have in you.

    23If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you; or if our brothers are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.

    24Therefore show to them and before the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

  • 2 Cor 8:18-19
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    18And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

    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.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-8
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    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.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 7:12-16
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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.

    13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and exceedingly the more did we rejoice for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

    14For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be true.

    15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

    16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27And when he desired to cross into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

  • 2 Cor 7:7
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    7And not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced even 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,

  • 2 Cor 12:18
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    18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you were dear to us.

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    6And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit:

    7So that you became examples to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

    8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • 2 Cor 9:2-3
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    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:

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written to you more boldly in part, to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God,

  • 2 Cor 1:11-12
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    11You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

  • 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.

  • Phil 2:28
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    28I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens;

  • 2 Cor 2:8
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    8Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

  • Phlm 1:15
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    15For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever;

  • Acts 11:23
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    23Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

  • 1 Thess 3:6
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    6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, as we also to see you:

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    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.

  • 3 John 1:6-7
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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:

    7Because for His name's sake they went forth, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

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    17But we, brothers, having been taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.

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    1Then, fourteen years later, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

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

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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.

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    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel: