2 Corinthians 8:3

The Macedonians gave according to their means and even beyond, entirely of their own free will. Their generosity was sacrificial and voluntary.

Cross-references · 22

• Exod 35:5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
• Exod 35:29So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
• Exod 35:21–22And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
• 2 Cor 9:6–7Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Phlm 1:14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
• 1 Cor 16:2On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
• 1 Chr 29:9And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
• 1 Cor 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
• Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
• 1 Chr 29:5–6for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”
• Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• 1 Chr 29:13–17Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
• 2 Cor 8:11–12Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
• 2 Cor 8:16–17But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
• 1 Th 2:8We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
• Col 4:13For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.
• Ps 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
• 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
• Gal 4:15What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
• 1 Pet 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
• Rom 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
• Mark 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

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