2 Corinthians 6:10

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is like a sun and shield; the Lord gives us kindness and honor. He does not hold back anything good from those whose lives are innocent.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.

Proverbs 16:16

It is better to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did the same evil things to the prophets who lived before you.

Matthew 5:4

They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.

Luke 6:21

You people who are now hungry are blessed, because you will be satisfied. You people who are now crying are blessed, because you will laugh with joy.

John 16:22

It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again and you will be happy, and no one will take away your joy.

Acts 16:25

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God as the other prisoners listened.

Acts 3:6

But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!”

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the meeting full of joy because they were given the honor of suffering disgrace for Jesus.

Romans 11:12

The Jews’ failure brought rich blessings for the world, and the Jews’ loss brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will receive much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.

Romans 12:15

Be happy with those who are happy, and be sad with those who are sad.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:32

He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

Romans 9:2

I have great sorrow and always feel much sadness.

1 Corinthians 1:5

I thank God because in Christ you have been made rich in every way, in all your speaking and in all your knowledge.

2 Corinthians 2:4

When I wrote to you before, I was very troubled and unhappy in my heart, and I wrote with many tears. I did not write to make you sad, but to let you know how much I love you.

2 Corinthians 4:15

All these things are for you. And so the grace of God that is being given to more and more people will bring increasing thanks to God for his glory.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that the great power is from God, not from us.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that Christ was rich, but for you he became poor so that by his becoming poor you might become rich.

Ephesians 3:16

I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people, but God gave me this gift—to tell those who are not Jews the Good News about the riches of Christ, which are too great to understand fully.

Philippians 2:17

Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.

Philippians 4:4

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy in my sufferings for you. There are things that Christ must still suffer through his body, the church. I am accepting, in my body, my part of these things that must be suffered.

Colossians 3:16

Let the teaching of Christ live in you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and instruct each other by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:16

Always be joyful.

1 Timothy 4:8

Training your body helps you in some ways, but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too.

1 Timothy 6:18

Tell the rich people to do good, to be rich in doing good deeds, to be generous and ready to share.

Hebrews 10:34

You helped the prisoners. You even had joy when all that you owned was taken from you, because you knew you had something better and more lasting.

James 2:5

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

1 Peter 4:13

But be happy that you are sharing in Christ’s sufferings so that you will be happy and full of joy when Christ comes again in glory.

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 21:7

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.