2 Corinthians 8:2

Despite severe affliction and deep poverty, the Macedonians' joy overflowed in rich generosity. Real grace produces giving even out of hardship.

Cross-references · 17

• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Prov 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Deut 15:4There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
• 1 Th 3:3–4so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
• 2 Cor 9:13Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
• Rev 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
• Mark 12:42–44Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
• Luke 21:1–4Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
• Isa 32:5–8No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
• 1 Th 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
• Rom 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
• 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• 2 Cor 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
• 1 Th 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
• Acts 2:45–46Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
• Neh 8:10–12Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

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