2 Corinthians 8:8

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Summary

2 Corinthians 8:8

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

Speak

2 Corinthians 8:10

2 Corinthians 9:7

1 Corinthians 7:6

By occasion

Prove

1 John 3:17

General references

John 14:15

2 Corinthians 8:24

1 John 4:11

Bible References

Speak

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun a year ago, not only to do, but also to do it willingly.

Let every man do as he chuseth in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a chearful giver.

But I say this by way of advice, not by way of precept. For I would that all men were even as myself:

By occasion

Moreover, brethren, we declare to you the grace of God, bestowed on the churches in Macedonia,

For I know your readiness, which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

But if their fall be the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fulness?

to provoke one another to love and to good works:

Prove

Shew therefore to them before the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

By purity, by prudence, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works?

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth thro' the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another with a pure heart fervently:

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

General references

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter,

Shew therefore to them before the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

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