2 Corinthians 9:2

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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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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 So 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 8:8 : 8 I 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 8:24 : 24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.
  • 1 Cor 16:15 : 15 Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,
  • 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
  • 1 Thess 1:7 : 7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
  • 2 Cor 8:19 : 19 In 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.

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  • 2 Cor 9:3-5
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    3But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

    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.

  • 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 Thess 1:7-8
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    7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • 2 Cor 8:10-11
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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,

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

  • 2 Cor 1:14-16
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    14just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

    15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    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.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 8:1-3
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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,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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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.

  • 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,

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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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.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

  • 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 10:15-16
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    15Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

    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.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

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

  • 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 Cor 7:16
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    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

  • 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.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • 1 Cor 16:17
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    17I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

  • Rom 1:15
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

  • 2 Cor 8:22
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    22And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • Phil 1:14
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    14and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you– it has not proven to be purposeless.

    2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.