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Wherefore, though I wrote unto you,
I did it
not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for
his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the
joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
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For if I have boasted any thing to him
of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which
I
made
before Titus, is found a truth.
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And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst
he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
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I rejoice
therefore that I have confidence in you in all
things.
CHAPTER CORINTHIANS 8
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
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How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded
unto the riches of their liberality.
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For to
their
power, I bear record, yea, and beyond
their
power
they were
willing of themselves;
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Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift,
and
take upon us
the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
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And
this they did,
not as we hoped,
but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
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Insomuch that we
desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
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Therefore,
as ye abound in every
thing, in
faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and
in
all diligence, and
in
your love to us,
see
that ye abound in this grace also.
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I speak not by commandment, but by occasion
of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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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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And herein I give
my
advice: for this is expedient for you, who have
begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
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Now therefore perform the doing
of it;
that as
there was
a readiness to will, so
there may be
a performance also out of that which ye
have.
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For if there be first a willing mind,
it is
accepted according to that a man hath,
and
not
according to that he hath not.
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For
I mean
not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
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But
by an equality,
that
now at this time your abundance
may be a supply
for their want, that their
abundance also may be
a supply
for your want: that there may be equality:
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As it is written, He
that
had gathered
much had nothing over; and he that
had gathered
little had no lack.
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But thanks
be
to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
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For indeed he accepted
the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
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And we have sent
with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
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And not
that
only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered
by us to the glory of the same Lord, and
declaration of
your ready mind:
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Avoiding this, that no
man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
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Providing for honest things,
not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
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And we have sent with them our
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