2 Corinthians 8:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A year ago you were the first ones to give, and you gave because you wanted to. So listen to my advice.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:17

Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

Matthew 10:42

And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.

John 11:50

Don't you know it is better for one person to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?”

John 16:7

But I tell you that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you.

John 18:14

This was the same Caiaphas who had told the Jewish leaders, “It is better if one person dies for the people.”

1 Corinthians 10:23

Some of you say, “We can do whatever we want to!” But I tell you that not everything may be good or helpful.

1 Corinthians 16:2

That is, each Sunday each of you must put aside part of what you have earned. If you do this, you won't have to take up a collection when I come.

1 Corinthians 6:12

Some of you say, “We can do anything we want to.” But I tell you that not everything is good for us. So I refuse to let anything have power over me.

1 Corinthians 7:25

I don't know of anything that the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.

1 Corinthians 7:40

However, I think I am obeying God's Spirit when I say she would be happier to stay single.

2 Corinthians 12:1

I have to boast. There is nothing to be gained by it, but I must boast about the visions and other things that the Lord has shown me.

2 Corinthians 8:6

Titus was the one who got you started doing this good thing, so we begged him to help you finish what you had begun.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not ordering you to do this. I am simply testing how real your love is by comparing it with the concern that others have shown.

2 Corinthians 9:2

I know how eager you are to give. And I have proudly told the Lord's followers in Macedonia that you people in Achaia have been ready for a whole year. Now your desire to give has made them want to give.

Philippians 4:17

I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that come from giving.

Hebrews 13:16

But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.