2 Corinthians 8:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.

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  • 2 Cor 8:10
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    10So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

  • 2 Cor 8:12-14
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    12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

  • 2 Cor 8:3-8
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    3For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

    5And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

    6Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-8
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    4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

    7Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

    8And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

  • Phil 2:12-13
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    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

    13for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.

  • Phil 1:6
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    6For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

  • Heb 6:11
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    11But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

  • Heb 13:21
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    21equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

  • 2 Cor 10:6
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    6We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

  • 2 Cor 9:1-2
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    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

    2because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.

  • Rom 12:11
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    11Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • Col 3:23
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    23Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

  • 2 Cor 1:17
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    17Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both“Yes, yes” and“No, no” at the same time?

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • Phil 2:2
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    2complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

    21For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

  • 2 Cor 8:17
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    17because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, he is coming to you of his own accord.

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

  • 1 Tim 6:18
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    18Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Everything you do should be done in love.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • Gal 6:10
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    10So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

  • 1 Thess 5:24
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    24He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

  • Rom 4:21
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    21He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.