2 Corinthians 8
Treated in 35 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 8:9 After all, you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: rich as he was, he became poor for your sake, so that his poverty might make you rich. 15
- 8:12 When eagerness is there, a gift is welcomed for what the giver has, not judged by what the giver lacks. 6
- 8:2 Hardship has put them to a severe test, yet their joy has overflowed, and their deep poverty has spilled over into riches of generosity. 4
- 8:3 I can vouch for it: they gave all they could, and more than they could, and they did it of their own free will. 4
- 8:8 I am not giving you an order. I am using the eagerness of others to put your love to the test and show that it is real. 3
- 8:6 That is why we have asked Titus, who got this started among you in the first place, to see this gift of grace through to the end with you as well. 2
- 8:16 But thanks be to God, who fills the heart of Titus with the same eager concern for you that I feel. 2
- 8:23 If anyone asks about Titus: he is a partner of mine, working with me for you. If they ask about our brothers: they are envoys of the churches, and they bring glory to Christ. 2
- 8:1 We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia. 1
- 8:4 Again and again they appealed to us, begging for the favor of a share in the relief for God's holy people. 1
- 8:5 It went beyond anything we had hoped for. Before anything else they gave themselves to the Lord, and then, because God willed it, to us. 1
- 8:7 You overflow in everything else: faith, speech, knowledge, eagerness of every kind, and the love from us that now lives in you. Now see that you overflow in this gift of grace as well. 1
- 8:11 Now bring the doing of it to an end as well. You were eager to want it; let the finishing show the same eagerness, giving out of whatever you have. 1
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Where it is preached
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 2 Cor. 8:2
…And these things are all over the Scripture called by the name of trials or proofs.8080 2 Cor. 8:2; Heb. 11:36; 1 Pet 1:7; chap. 4:12; Gen. 22:1; Deut. 8:2, 16; chap. 13:3; Exod. 15:25…
- Communion with God ·
Other consequential affections cites 2 Cor. viii. 9
…values his saints — Evidences of that valuation:— (1.) His incarnation; (2.) Exinanition, 2 Cor. viii. 9; Phil. ii. 6, 7; (3.) Obedience as a servant; (4.) In his death. His valuation of them in…
- Faithful With Little ·
The Riches of Christ cites 2 Corinthians 8:2
…joy has overflowed, and their deep poverty has spilled over into riches of generosity” (2 Corinthians 8:2). How? “Before anything else they gave themselves to the Lord” (2 Corinthians 8:5). When…
- Faithful With Little ·
Money and the Mission cites 2 Corinthians 8:2
…joy has overflowed, and their deep poverty has spilled over into riches of generosity” (2 Corinthians 8:2). Of course there are times when real hardship means our giving must shrink for a while.…
- Faithful With Little ·
Give All You Can cites 2 Corinthians 8:3
…gave all they could, and more than they could, and they did it of their own free will” (2 Corinthians 8:3). That is sacrificial giving: giving that costs. It’s giving that means you go without…
- All Things for Good ·
Of love to God cites 2 Cor. viii. 3
…Macedonians, that they gave to the poor saints, not only up to, but beyond their power (2 Cor. viii. 3). Love is bred at court, it is a noble munificent grace. (vi.) Love to God is peculiar.…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
The Least of These cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:3
…their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:3 Note that they were the poor giving to the poor. Simpson observed that generosity is not…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites 2 Cor. viii. 6
…for him;” that is, the assistance against temptation which he afforded him, Col. iii. 16; 2 Cor. viii. 6, 7; Heb. xii. 28. These two latter, as relating unto Christ in respect of us who receive…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 2 Cor. 8:8
…burnt offerings.” Matt. 5:7, “Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.” 2 Cor. 8:8, “I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites 2 Cor 8:8
…us; that he might instate us into a kingdom. He was poor, that he might make us rich. 2 Cor 8:8. He was born of a virgin, that we might be born of God. He took our flesh, that he might…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Jesus Christ a Real Man cites 2 Cor. 8:9
…rich yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich." (2 Cor. 8:9.) He partook of human nature that we might become partakers of the Divine nature. The…
- Faithful With Little ·
Introduction: Why Jesus Talked About Money cites 2 Corinthians 8:9
…rich as He was, He became poor for your sake, so that His poverty might make you rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9) Everything else in these pages grows out of that. We do not give to earn God’s love. We…
- Faithful With Little ·
Appendix 1: A 30-Day Reading Plan cites 2 Corinthians 8:9
…5. Matthew 6:24. You cannot serve both God and money. Which master has my heart? Day 6. 2 Corinthians 8:9. He became poor for your sake. Spend time thanking Jesus for His riches toward you. Day…
- The Key Teachings of Derek Prince ·
The Divine Exchange cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
…was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is…
- Practical Religion ·
The Best Friend cites 2 Cor. viii. 9
…"Though He was rich He became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) For our sakes He lived thirty-three years in this evil world, despised and rejected of…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Is It Wrong to Be Rich? cites 2 Corinthians 8:9
…yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Jesus gave up everything for us. People who know that can hold money loosely. You can…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 2 ·
Day 2 — No Room cites 2 Corinthians 8:9
…how humble Jesus is. The Bible says that though He was rich, He became poor for our sake (2 Corinthians 8:9). He gave up the glory of heaven to be born in a stable. There’s a question in this story…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
Introduction cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
…was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 Every part of his teaching is that thread followed out. Creation is good because the Word…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
That We Might Be Made God cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
…was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 This is not a new idea in Athanasius. It is Paul’s idea, and John’s, and Peter’s. The…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
The Church for Others cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
…was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 And from that followed his description of the church. The church, he wrote, is truly the…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Open Thine Hand Wide cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
…was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 The excuses answered The longest part of the sermon takes the objections one by one, and…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites 2 Corinthians 8:9
…at length, We see thee face to face.” December 24 “For your sakes he became poor.” (2 Corinthians 8:9) The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but “though he was…
- At the Master's Feet ·
Introduction cites 2 Cor. viii. 9
…Master who came not to beg from a poor creature like me, but to bless and to enrich me (2 Cor. viii. 9), and so I was left weeping and lamenting my folly and lack of insight. Second Vision On…
- Amanda Smith: An Autobiography ·
Preface cites 2nd Cor. viii: 11
…was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have." (2nd Cor. viii: 11.) I said, "Lord, I thank Thee, for this is Thy Word to me, for what I have asked of Thee.…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Sluggard's Farm cites 2 Corinthians 8:12
…“It is required according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have” (2 Corinthians 8:12, ESV). The man with two talents is not expected to produce five, but he is expected to…
- Faithful With Little ·
Firstfruits cites 2 Corinthians 8:12
…“a gift is welcomed for what the giver has, not judged by what the giver lacks” (2 Corinthians 8:12). What about the promise? Proverbs 3 and Malachi 3 both promise blessing to those who…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
Blessing and Princely Service cites 2 CORINTHIANS 8:12
…mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2 CORINTHIANS 8:12 The same truth underlies his comment on the rough ox-wagons the princes first brought to…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites 2 Cor 8: 12
…God esteems as perfect obedience. ‘If there be a willing mind, it is accepted.’ 2 Cor 8: 12. ‘Let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice.’ Cant 2: 14. Though the prayers of the…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites 2 Cor. viii. 12
…mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not." (2 Cor. viii. 12.) "BE YE STEADFAST, UNMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS YE…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Covenant of Grace cites 2 Cor 8:12
…the first covenant are accepted in the second. Here God accepts of the will for the deed, 2 Cor 8:12; here sincerity is crowned in the covenant of grace; wherein we are weak, God will give…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites 2 Cor. 8:16
…earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation,” (2 Cor. 8:16, 17). If Titus could not even perform the office of being a mouth to exhort others…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 8:16
…love,” Phil. 1:8, Philem. 5, 12, and 20. So he speaks of his “earnest care” for others, 2 Cor. 8:16, and of his “bowels of pity, or mercy towards them, Phil. 2:1; and of his concern for…
- Communion with God ·
Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites 2 Cor. viii. 23
…crown him in the day of his espousals, giving themselves to him, and becoming his glory, 2 Cor. viii. 23. Thus he sets out his whole communion with his church under this allusion, and that most…
- A Brand Plucked from the Fire ·
Women in the Gospel cites 2 Cor. viii. 23
…as well as Aquila, his " helper," or, as in the Greek, his "fellow-laborer." Rom. xvi. 3; 2 Cor. viii. 23; Phil. ii. 25; 1 Thess. iii. 2. The same word, which, in our common translation, is now…
- The Life of Trust ·
Prosperity cites 2 Cor. viii. 1-9
…it manifest. I have a passage laid on my heart for you; read the whole of it carefully: 2 Cor. viii. 1-9, especially verse 9. Day after day now passed away and the money did not come. The month…