2 Corinthians 8:6

Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

In Context

5and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

2 Corinthians 8:19and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

2 Corinthians 12:18I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?

1 Peter 4:10according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:2-7

Charity of the Macedonians. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this… Read the whole commentary →

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