2 Corinthians 6:10

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2 Corinthians 6:10

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Sorrowful

Poor

2 Corinthians 6:4

Making

Bible References

Sorrowful

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

I do not say this to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!

for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;

Rejoice always,

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

Poor

But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, distresses,

Making

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

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

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean!

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous and ready to share,

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and I know the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.