2 Corinthians 8:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:25

The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.

Matthew 20:15

And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?'

Romans 12:8

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and patience and forbearance? Do you not know that the kindness of God is calling you to repentance?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:9

It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as if sorrowful and yet always rejoicing; as if needy and yet enriching many; as if having nothing and possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 9:11

So then, having been enriched in all things, you may abound in all simplicity, which works thanksgiving to God through us.

2 Corinthians 9:13

And so, through the evidence of this ministry, you glorify God by the obedience of your confession in the Gospel of Christ, and by the simplicity of your communion with them and with everyone,

Deuteronomy 15:4

And there shall not be anyone indigent or begging among you, so that the Lord your God may bless you in the land which he will deliver to you as a possession.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,

James 2:5

My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

Revelation 2:9

I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich, and that you are blasphemed by those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but who are a synagogue of Satan.