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2 Corinthians 9:13

while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men,
2 Corinthians 9:13 · New King James Version
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  • WEB seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
  • KJV Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
  • BSB Because 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.
  • NASB Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,
  • NLT As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.

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The proven generosity of the Corinthians leads recipients to glorify God for their obedient confession of the gospel and their liberal sharing. Their giving validates their faith.

Overview

When the Jerusalem believers see this tested generosity, they praise God, recognizing that the Corinthians' gift flows from sincere obedience to the gospel of Christ. Liberality thus becomes evidence of genuine faith and a cause for glorifying God, knitting Jewish and Gentile believers together in praise.

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Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 5:16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • Heb 13:16But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • 2 Cor 2:12Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
  • Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
  • 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • John 15:8“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
  • 2 Cor 8:4begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
  • Acts 11:18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”
  • Acts 4:21When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
  • Rom 16:26
  • Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
  • 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
  • Heb 10:23let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
  • 2 Cor 10:5throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
  • Heb 5:9Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
  • Heb 4:14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
  • Luke 6:46“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?
  • Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
  • 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Acts 21:19–20When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  • Ps 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
  • Rom 10:16But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

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