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 didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
• Phil 2:6–8who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
• Matt 20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• Rom 5:8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• 2 Cor 6:10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
• Eph 1:6–8to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
• Eph 3:8To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Rom 5:20–21The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
• Luke 16:11If therefore you 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, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Heb 1:6–14When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
• Luke 9:58Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
• Heb 1:2has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
• 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
• 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
• Eph 3:19and to know Christ’s love which 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, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
• Isa 53:2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
• Luke 2:7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
• John 16:15All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.
• Matt 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere 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, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
• John 1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
• Isa 65:8Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
• Matt 17:27But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
• John 17:19For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• Col 1:16–17For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
• 1 Cor 3:21–22Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
• 1 Cor 15:47The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
• Mark 6:3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.
• Ps 102:25–27Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
• Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
• John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
• Rom 11:12Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
• Rev 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;

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