2 Corinthians 8:3

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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

Bible References

To

But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.

On the first day of every week let each of you put on one side and store up at his home whatever gain has been granted to him; so that whenever I come, there may then be no collections going on.

If any one preaches, let it be as uttering God's truth; if any one renders a service to others, let it be in the strength which God supplies; so that in everything glory may be given to God in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the might to the Ages of the Ages. Amen.

I bear

For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.

I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.

For I can bear witness to the deep interest he takes in you and in the brethren at Laodicea and in those at Hierapolis.

Beyond

For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and not according to what he has not.

And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.

For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.

Only I wished to do nothing without your consent, so that his kind action of yours might not be done under pressure, but might be a voluntary one.

Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;