2 Corinthians 8:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

1 Corinthians 7:12

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:6

In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

2 Corinthians 8:10

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Make clear then to them, as representatives of the churches, the quality of your love, and that the things which we have said about you are true.

2 Corinthians 9:2

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

Ephesians 4:15

But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

Joshua 24:14

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

1 Peter 1:22

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart: