2 Corinthians 8:8

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I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any believer has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,

2 Corinthians 8:10

And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something—

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your eagerness, which is the subject of my boasting about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Ephesians 4:15

But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

Joshua 24:14

“Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.