2 Corinthians 8:13

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 4:34 : 34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales
  • Rom 15:26-27 : 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

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  • 2 Cor 8:14-15
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    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,

    15as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

  • 2 Cor 8:8-12
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    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

    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,

    11to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

    12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

    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 12:13-14
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

    14Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 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.

  • 2 Cor 8:1-4
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    1Completing the Collection for the Saints Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

    2that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

    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.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

  • Gal 6:5
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    5For each one will carry his own load.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

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    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent(not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

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

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 6:13
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    13Now as a fair exchange– I speak as to my children– open wide your hearts to us also.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
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    16But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

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

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • Acts 15:10
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    10So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

  • Rom 15:27
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    27For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

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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,

  • Acts 20:34
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    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.