2 Corinthians 8:9

Christ, though infinitely rich, became poor in the incarnation so that believers might become spiritually rich. His self-giving is the supreme motive for our generosity.

Cross-references · 40

• Rom 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
• Phil 2:6–8Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
• Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• Rom 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Eph 2:7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
• 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?
• Eph 1:6–8to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
• Luke 16:11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
• 1 Tim 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
• Heb 1:6–14And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
• Luke 9:58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
• Heb 1:2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
• 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
• 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
• Eph 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Rev 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
• Isa 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
• Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
• John 16:15Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.
• Matt 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
• John 1:1–4In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 12:30In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.
• John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• Isa 65:8This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
• Matt 17:27“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
• John 17:19For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
• Col 1:16–17For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
• 1 Cor 3:21–22Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• 1 Cor 15:47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
• Mark 6:3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
• Ps 102:25–27In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
• Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
• John 1:10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
• Rom 11:12But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
• Rev 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

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