2 Corinthians 8:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Though

Hebrews 1:2

He became

That ye

General references

1 John 4:11

Bible References

Though

Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you.

the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

He became

For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

That ye

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?

But if their fall be the world's wealth, and their loss the wealth of the nations, how much rather their fulness?

So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.

To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,

Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me son.

General references

If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.