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 that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
• Phil 2:6–8Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Matt 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Rom 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• 2 Cor 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Eph 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Eph 1:6–8To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Eph 3:8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Rom 5:20–21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
• Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• 1 Tim 6:18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Heb 1:6–14And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
• Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Heb 1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
• 1 Cor 1:4I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
• Eph 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
• Rev 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
• Isa 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
• Luke 2:7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
• John 16:15All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
• Matt 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where 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 12:30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
• John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• Isa 65:8Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
• Matt 17:27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
• John 17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• Col 1:16–17For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
• 1 Cor 3:21–22Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
• 1 Cor 15:47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
• Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Ps 102:25–27Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
• Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
• John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
• Rom 11:12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Rev 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Col 1:24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.