2 Corinthians 8:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • Rev 2:9 : 9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
  • Deut 15:4 : 4 Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.
  • Neh 8:10-12 : 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; do not be grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.
  • Isa 32:5-8 : 5 The vile person shall no longer be called noble, nor the miser said to be generous. 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right. 8 But the noble man devises noble things, and by noble things he will stand.
  • Mark 12:42-44 : 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a penny. 43 So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.'
  • Luke 21:1-4 : 1 And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he also saw a certain poor widow casting in there two small coins. 3 And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them: 4 For all these have out of their abundance cast into the offerings of God; but she, out of her poverty, has cast in all the living that she had.
  • Acts 2:45-46 : 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. 46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 Or he who exhorts, on exhortation: he who gives, let him do it with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For 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.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • 2 Cor 9:11 : 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 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;
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit:
  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.

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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.

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

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
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    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.

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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.

    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:

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

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    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

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    11Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

    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;

    14And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

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    10As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

    11O Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.

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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:

  • Rom 15:26-27
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    26For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem.

    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.

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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.

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    4For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you.

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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.

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

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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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    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;

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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.

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    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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    7Therefore, brothers, we were comforted concerning you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

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    4Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.

    6And if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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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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    14Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my affliction.

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    29Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea:

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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.

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    11For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

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    7For we have great joy and solace in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

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    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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    4But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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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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    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share;