2 Corinthians 8:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • 1 Cor 16:3-4 : 3 And when I arrive, whomever you approve by your letters, I will send to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 4 And if it is fitting that I go also, they shall go with me.
  • 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-4 : 1 Moreover, brothers and sisters, we want you to know of the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia; 2 How in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the riches of their generosity. 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they were willing of themselves; 4 Earnestly pleading with us for the privilege of participating in the service to the saints.
  • 2 Cor 8:6-7 : 6 So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, he would also complete in you this grace also. 7 Therefore, 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And 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 9:12-14 : 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God; 13 While 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; 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
  • Phil 4:18-19 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 4:10-11 : 10 As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Acts 6:3-6 : 3 Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. 5 This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. 6 They set them before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also called Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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  • 2 Cor 8:17-18
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    17For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being very earnest, of his own accord he went to you.

    18And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

  • 2 Cor 8:20-24
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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.

    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.

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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.

    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 9:12-13
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    12For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God;

    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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    14As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

    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.

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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.

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    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.

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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,

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    3And when I arrive, whomever you approve by your letters, I will send to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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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.

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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.

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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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    25it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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

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    4But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

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    2And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

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    12That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 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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    6Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

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    5For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

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    4So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:

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

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    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.

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    40but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

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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:

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

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    7Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.