2 Corinthians 8:16

Thanks, however, unto God!—who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Even as it is written—He that [gathered] the much, had not more than enough, and, he that [gathered] the little, had not less,

17In that, though, indeed, the exhortation, he welcomed; yet already being, greatly in earnest, of his own accord, hath he gone forth unto you.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:8And Hezekiah and the rulers came, and saw the heaps,—and blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.

Nehemiah 2:12Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem,—and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was riding.

Jeremiah 32:40And I will solemnise to them an age-abiding covenant, That I will not turn away from following them, to do them good,—But the reverence of myself, will I put in their heart, so that they shall not turn away from me.

2 Corinthians 7:7Not, however, by his presence alone, but also by the encouragement wherewith he had been encouraged over you: recounting unto us your earnest desire, your lamentation, your zeal in my behalf. So that I the more rejoiced.

Philippians 2:20For, no one, have I, of equal soul, who, genuinely, as to the things that concern you, will be anxious;

Revelation 17:17For, God, hath put into their hearts, to do his mind, and to do one mind,—and to give their sovereignty unto the wild-beast, until the words of God shall 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 →

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