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2 Corinthians 8:16

Titus
Gratitude

14 At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality.

15 As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

17 For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

18 Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
KJV
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
WEB
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
ASV
But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
DARBY
But thanks [be] to God, who gives the same diligent zeal for you in the heart of Titus.
BLB
But thanks to God, the One putting the same earnestness for you⁺ in the heart of Titus.
ÅB
Men Gud være takk, som har inngitt den samme iver for dere i Titus' hjerte!
OTB
Men takk være Gud som innpoder den samme iver for dere i Titus' hjerte.
B1930
Men Gud være takk, som har inngitt den samme iver for eder i Titus' hjerte!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 17:17

    For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

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  • Jeremiah 32:40

    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:13–14

    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:12

    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

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  • Ezra 7:27

    Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

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  • Jeremiah 31:31

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:7

    and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

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  • Philippians 2:20

    I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

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