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2 Corinthians 8

Great Generosity

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Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been  agiven in the churches of  bMacedonia,

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that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the  awealth of their liberality.

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For I testify that  aaccording to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,

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begging us with much urging for the  afavor  1of participation in the  2 bsupport of the  3saints,

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and this, not as we had  1expected, but they first  agave themselves to the Lord and to us by  bthe will of God.

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So we  aurged  bTitus that as he had previously  cmade a beginning, so he would also complete in you  dthis gracious work as well.

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But just as you  aabound  bin everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the  1love we inspired in you, see that you  aabound in this gracious work also.

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I  aam not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.

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For you know  athe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that  bthough He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

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I  agive my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin  ba year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it.

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But now finish  1doing it also, so that just as there was the  areadiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability.

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For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable  aaccording to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

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For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality--

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at this present time your abundance being a supply for  atheir need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for  ayour need, that there may be equality;

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as it is written, " aHE WHO gathered MUCH DID NOT HAVE TOO MUCH, AND HE WHO gathered LITTLE HAD NO LACK."

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But  athanks be to God who  bputs the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of  cTitus.

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For he not only accepted our  aappeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord.

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We have sent along with him  athe brother whose fame in the things of the  bgospel has spread through  call the churches;

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 aand not only this, but he has also been  bappointed by the churches to travel with us in  cthis gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our  dreadiness,

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 1taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift;

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for we  ahave regard for what is honorable, not only in  bthe sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

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We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

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As for  aTitus, he is my  bpartner and fellow worker  1among you; as for our  cbrethren, they are  2 dmessengers of the churches,  ea glory to Christ.

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Therefore  1openly before the churches,  2show them the proof of your love and of our  areason for boasting about you.



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