2 Corinthians 8:9

New American Bible - revised edition

For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye, no beauty to draw us to him.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Isaiah 65:8

Thus says the Lord: As when the juice is pressed from a cluster, and someone says, “Do not destroy it, for there is still good in it,” So will I do for the sake of my servants: I will not destroy them all.

Matthew 17:27

But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax. Give that to them for me and for you.”

Matthew 20:28

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

Mark 6:3

Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 16:11

If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

Luke 2:7

and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 8:3

Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources. The Parable of the Sower.

Luke 9:58

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.

John 1:17

because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 12:30

Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.

John 16:15

Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.

John 17:19

And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.

Romans 11:12

Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number.

Romans 15:3

For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?

1 Corinthians 1:4

I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Ephesians 2:7

that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:19

and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church,

1 Timothy 6:18

Tell them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to share,

Hebrews 1:2

in these last days, he spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

Revelation 2:9

“I know your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but rather are members of the assembly of Satan.

Revelation 21:7

The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.