2 Corinthians 8:9

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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.

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He became

That ye

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

All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven.

who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:

for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him:

in these last days hath spoken to us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

He became

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head.

But that we give them no offence, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish which cometh up; and on opening his mouth, thou wilt find a stater, that take and give them for me and thee.

Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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

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

And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's lieutenant-governor, and Susanna, and many others, who ministred to his support out of their possessions.

And Jesus Said to him, The foxes have holts, and the birds of the air, nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:

That ye

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

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

He who even spared not his own Son, but freely delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also, together with him, freely give us all things?

For if their stumbling is the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

Wherefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

to do good, to be rich in generous actions, to take pleasure in liberality, ready to distribute;

Hear me, my beloved brethren. Hath not God elected the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to those who love him;

I advise thee to buy of me gold purified by the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white robes, that thou mayest be completely clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thine eyes with a collyrium, that thou mayest see.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be to him a God, and he shall be to me a son.

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And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

For which is the greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that waits? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

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