2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, who has granted to the heart of Titus, this same solicitude for you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
In Context
15“He with more did not have too much; and he with less did not have too little.”
Cross References
2 Chronicles 31:8And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:12And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
Jeremiah 32:40And I will form an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not cease to do good for them. And I will put my fear into their heart, so that they do not withdraw from me.
2 Corinthians 7:7and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
Philippians 2:20For I have no one else with such an agreeable mind, who, with sincere affection, is solicitous for you.
Revelation 17:17For God has granted to their hearts that they may do to her whatever is pleasing, so that they may give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God may be completed.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:8-16
Charity Urged. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient… Read the whole commentary →