2 Corinthians 8:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that he gave up his heavenly riches for you. He gave up everything so that you could be richly blessed.

Cross References

Romans 8:32

He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for all of us. So now with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

Matthew 20:28

Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.”

Romans 5:8

But Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much he loves us.

2 Corinthians 6:10

We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything.

Ephesians 2:7

God did this so that his kindness to us who belong to Christ Jesus would clearly show for all time to come the amazing richness of his grace.

John 1:14

The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his divine greatness—the greatness that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. God chose the poor people in the world to be rich in faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully.

1 Timothy 6:18

Tell those who are rich to do good—to be rich in good works. And tell them they should be happy to give and ready to share.

Luke 16:11

If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, you will not be trusted with the true riches.

Hebrews 1:2

And now in these last days, God has spoken to us again through his Son. He made the whole world through his Son. And he has chosen his Son to have all things.

Luke 9:58

He answered, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place where he can rest his head.”

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy gold from me—gold made pure in fire. Then you will be rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that are white. Then you will be able to cover your shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine to put on your eyes. Then you will be able to see.

Ephesians 3:19

Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you.

1 Corinthians 1:4

I always thank my God for you because of the grace that he has given you through Christ Jesus.

Luke 2:7

She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him in a box where cattle are fed. She put him there because the guest room was full.

Isaiah 53:2

He was always close to the Lord. He grew up like a young plant, like a root growing in dry ground. There was nothing special or impressive about the way he looked, nothing we could see that would cause us to like him.

John 16:15

All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will tell you what he receives from me.

John 1:17

That is, the law was given to us through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:10

The Word was already in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to rest.”

Revelation 21:7

All those who win the victory will receive all this. And I will be their God, and they will be my children.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.

Romans 11:12

Their mistake brought rich blessings to the world. And what they lost brought rich blessings to the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will get much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.

John 17:19

I am making myself completely ready to serve you. I do this for them, so that they also might be fully qualified for your service.

John 12:30

Jesus said, “That voice was for you and not for me.

Mark 6:3

Isn’t he just the carpenter we know—Mary’s son, the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And don’t his sisters still live here in town?” So they had a problem accepting him.

Matthew 17:27

But we don’t want to upset these tax collectors. So do this: Go to the lake and fish. After you catch the first fish, open its mouth. Inside its mouth you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that coin and give it to the tax collectors. That will pay the tax for you and me.”

Isaiah 65:8

The Lord says, “When there is new wine in the grapes, people squeeze out the wine. But they don’t completely destroy the grapes because the grapes can still be used. I will do the same thing to my servants. I will not destroy them completely.

Isaiah 62:1

I love Zion, so I will continue to speak for her. I love Jerusalem, so I will not stop speaking. I will speak until goodness shines like a bright light, until salvation burns bright like a flame.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy in my sufferings for you. There is much that Christ must still suffer. And I gladly accept my part of those sufferings in my body for the good of his body, the church.

Luke 8:3

Also with these women were Joanna, the wife of Chuza (the manager of Herod’s property), Susanna, and many other women. These women used their own money to help Jesus and his apostles.

Romans 15:3

Even Christ did not live trying to please himself. As the Scriptures say about him, “Those people who insulted you have also insulted me.”

Revelation 2:9

“I know your troubles, and I know that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the insults you have suffered from people who say they are Jews. But they are not true Jews. They are a group that belongs to Satan.