2 Corinthians 8:2

Tree of Life Version

that in much testing by affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:25

A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.

Matthew 20:15

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Romans 12:8

or the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who gives, in generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 2:4

Or do you belittle the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience—not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world, and most especially toward you, with simplicity and godly sincerity—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 2:9

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know your character, whether you are obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 9:11

You will be enriched in everything for all generosity, which through us brings about thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:13

Because of the evidence of this service, they praise God for the obedience of your affirmation of the Good News of Messiah and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to everyone.

Deuteronomy 15:4

“However, there should be no poor among you, for Adonai will surely bless you in the land Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the message in much tribulation, with the joy of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s communities in Messiah Yeshua that are in Judea—for you suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen as they did from the Judean leaders,

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this 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 your poverty (yet you are rich), as well as the slander of those who say they are Jewish and are not, but are a synagogue of satan.