2 Corinthians 8:8 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

⁸ I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.

¹² And, if their falling away has enriched the world, and their failure has enriched the Gentiles, how much more will result from their full restoration! ¹³ But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles. ¹⁴ Being myself an Apostle to the Gentiles, I exalt my office, in the hope that I may stir my countrymen to rivalry, and so save some of them.

⁹ Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right.

⁶ I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.

¹² To all others I say-I, not the Master-If a Brother is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;

²⁵ With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and it is that of a man whom the Master in his mercy has made worthy to be trusted.

⁶ By purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;

¹ We would remind you, Brothers, of the love that God has shown to the Churches in Macedonia-- ² How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity. ³ I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,

¹⁰ I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.

²⁴ Show them, therefore--so that the Churches may see it-- the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.

² I know, of course, your willingness to help, and I am always boasting of it to the Macedonians. I tell them that you in Greece have been ready for a year past; and it was really your zeal that stimulated most of them.

⁷ Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves 'a cheerful giver.'

¹⁵ But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself.

²⁴ May God's blessing be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

²⁴ Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

¹⁴ My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him? ¹⁵ Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread, ¹⁶ And one of you were to say to them--"Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves," and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?

²² Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

¹⁷ But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within him? ¹⁸ My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts. ¹⁹ By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God's sight,