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2 Corinthians 6:10

JoyGriefPoverty and the vulnerableComfort

8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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

11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

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BSB
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
KJV
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
WEB
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
ASV
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
DARBY
as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
BLB
as being sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
ÅB
som bedrøvede, men alltid glade, som fattige, som dog gjør mange rike, som de som intet har og dog eier alt.
OTB
Som sørgende men alltid fylt med glede, som fattige men gjør mange rike, som har ingenting og likevel eier alt.
B1930
som bedrøvede, men alltid glade, som fattige, som dog gjør mange rike, som de som intet har og dog eier alt.

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Cross references

  • John 16:22

    And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    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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  • James 2:5

    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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  • Revelation 2:9

    I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

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  • Hebrews 10:34

    For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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  • Philippians 4:4

    Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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  • 1 Peter 1:6–8

    Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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