2 Corinthians 8:3

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Summary

2 Corinthians 8:3

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

To

1 Peter 4:11

I bear

Romans 10:2

Galatians 4:15

Colossians 4:13

Beyond

General references

Exodus 36:5

Proverbs 3:9

Bible References

To

Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body in advance for burial.

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

On the first day of the week,

each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.

If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

I bear

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

For I testify about him that he works hard

for you, for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.

Beyond

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Take up an offering among you for the Lord. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

the gold for the gold work and the silver for the silver, for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the Lord today?”

Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.

In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.

For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.

We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

General references

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the construction of the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;