NLT / 2 Corinthians / 2 Corinthians 8 1 Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. 2 Corinthians 8:6 So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to finish this ministry of giving. 13 Of course, I don’t mean your giving should make life easy for others and hard for yourselves. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. 1 Corinthians 8 - Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 23 If anyone asks about Titus, say that he is my partner who works with me to help you. 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. All the churches praise him as a preacher of the Good News. He is now even more enthusiastic because of his great confidence in you. 2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. 2 Corinthians 4 New Living Translation << 2 Corinthians 3 | 2 Corinthians 4 | 2 Corinthians 5 >> 4 1 Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” # 9:7 See footnote on Prov 22:8. Give in proportion to what you have. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan. about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. 2 Corinthians 4 New Living Translation (NLT) Treasure in Fragile Clay Jars. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. All rights reserved worldwide. 2 I [] was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. He is now even more enthusiastic because of his great confidence in you. Give in proportion to what you have. 1 Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, 1 what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. All rights reserved. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing(D) in this service(E) to the Lord’s people. This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. 4 They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem. And the brothers with him have been sent by the churches,[f] and they bring honor to Christ. 2They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. 22 In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. 11 I hope you will put up with a little more of my foolishness. Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving. 2 Corinthians 8… We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. I didn’t want to grieve you, … 2 Corinthians 13:3 I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. 8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. 2 Corinthians 1:18 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between "Yes" and "No." 19 He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem[e]—a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help. 2 Corinthians 11 New Living Translation (NLT) Paul and the False Apostles. New Living Translation (NLT) Bible Book List. 2 Corinthians 8:7 7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us * —I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving. 8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. 3 For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. 2 Corinthians 8:5 5 They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do. 2 We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. I only mean that there should be some equality. 24 Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you,(AK) so that the churches can see it. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. 9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Questions. Please bear with me. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowe... Read verse in New Living Translation 6 So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to finish this ministry of giving. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Now you should finish what you started. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. 2 Corinthians 8 New Living Translation << 2 Corinthians 7 | 2 Corinthians 8 | 2 Corinthians 9 >> The Offering for the Saints. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving. 17 Titus welcomed our request that he visit you again. 2 Corinthians 8:9. 8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian(A) churches. I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. 2 Corinthians 8:14 Right now you have plenty and can help those who are in need. And God will generously provide all you need. 14 At the present time your plenty will supply what they need,(U) so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Version. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. 10 Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 NLT. Ask a Question Got a Bible related Question? My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 19 He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem[e]—a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help. Menlo Park Presbyterian Menlo Park, California. In this way, things will be equal. 21 We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. Ask Us! 2 Corinthians 8:7 Since you excel in so many ways--in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us--I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving. (AE) 20 We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. 2 Corinthians 8. New Living Translation; 2 Corinthians 8 2 Corinthians 8. New Living Translation (NLT). 9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. 11 Now you should finish what you started. Give in proportion to what you have. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you. 2 Corinthians 5-8 New Living Translation (NLT) New Bodies. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you. 2 Corinthians 11 New Living Translation << 2 Corinthians 10 | 2 Corinthians 11 | 2 Corinthians 12 >> 11 1 I hope you will put up with a little more of my foolishness. 16 But thank God! 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. 9 Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it. 2 Corinthians 6:10 Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. Bible Language English. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. We own nothing, and yet we have everything. 11 Now you should finish what you started. 22 We are also sending with them another of our brothers who has proven himself many times and has shown on many occasions how eager he is. Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, * what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowe... Read verse in New Living Translation A Call to Generous Giving - Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. 2 Corinthians 12:8 - NLT - Three different times I begged the Lord to take... Study verse in the New Living Translation We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, # 1:8 Greek brothers. 1As God’s partners, Or As we work together. “Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough.”, My First Hands-on Bible--soft leather-look, pretty pink, My First Hands-on Bible--soft leather-look, bold blue, NLT Teen Life Application Study Bible, Softcover, The NLT One Year Bible for Women - softcover. 8 I am not commanding you to do this. 3 For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. 2 For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. 8 And God will generously provide all you need. 6 So we urged(G) Titus,(H) just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion(I) this act of grace on your part. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. Rich - In the favour and image of God. View All Endorsements 2 Corinthians 8 Encouragement to Give Generously. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. (F) 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 2 Corinthians 8:9 9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 8: Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. 2 Corinthians 5:1-21, NLT. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches. NLT 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. 3 For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. [b] 5 They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. 23 If anyone asks about Titus, say that he is my partner who works with me to help you. 2 Corinthians 8 Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. Version. And they did it of their own free will. 2 Corinthians … On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Isa 49:8 (Greek version). 22 We are also sending with them another of our brothers who has proven himself many times and has shown on many occasions how eager he is. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. Read verse in New Living Translation 4 They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem. 2 Corinthians 8 New Living Translation (NLT) A Call to Generous Giving. 2 Corinthians - NLT. All rights reserved. 2 For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. 20 We are traveling together to guard against any criticism for the way we are handling this generous gift. If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowe... Read verse in New Living Translation 2 Corinthians 6 2 Corinthians 6. << 2 Corinthians 8 | 2 Corinthians 9 | 2 Corinthians 10 >> 9 1 I really don't need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem. 1 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.. 2 We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. Since you excel in so many ways – you have so much faith, such gifted speakers, such knowledge, such enthusiasm, and such love for us – now I want you to excel also in this gracious ministry of giving. 2 Corinthians 8 - And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. 8 I am not commanding you to do this. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. New Living Translation Update. Philippians 2:6 Last Week's Top Questions . Read the Bible. 2 Corinthians 1: This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. 2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. ADVERTISEMENT He became poor - In becoming man, in all his life; in his death. 2 Corinthians 8:1–9 A Call to Generous Giving Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, * what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. NIV 1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. [ a] 2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 20 We are traveling together to guard against any criticism for the way we are handling this generous gift. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. I only mean that there should be some equality. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} (B) 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,(C) and even beyond their ability. 15 As the Scriptures say, “Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over,    and those who gathered only a little had enough.”[d]. The grace - The most sincere, most free, and most abundant love. 2 Corinthians 8 1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34. 24 So show them your love, and prove to all the churches that our boasting about you is justified. New Bodies. In this way, things will be equal. 2 Corinthians 5. 2 Corinthians 12 - This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. “The NLT second edition was put together by a dream team of scholars and linguists and gives us a Bible that is thoroughly reliable and eminently readable. Later, they will have plenty and can share with you when you need it. Font Size. we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. God Offers Comfort to All 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 2They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. Please bear with me. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. 7 But since you excel in everything(J)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,(K) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Since you excel in so many ways – you have so much faith, such gifted speakers, such knowledge, such enthusiasm, and such love for us – now I want you to … 2 Corinthians 12 New Living Translation (NLT) Paul’s Vision and His Thorn in the Flesh. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. 21 For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.(AF). 2 Corinthians 8. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Now you should finish what you started. Bible Language English. 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. 13 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. All the churches praise him as a preacher of the Good News. 5 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 8:9 NLT You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. 2 Corinthians 8:9 9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Cancel. 17 For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. 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