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2 Corinthians 8:6

Titus

4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

5 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.

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

7 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.

8 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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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
So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
KJV
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
WEB
So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
ASV
Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
DARBY
So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;
BLB
Accordingly, we exhorted Titus that just as he began before, so also he might complete to you⁺ also this grace,
ÅB
så vi ba Titus at slik som han før hadde begynt, slik skulle han fullende hos dere også dette kjærlighetsverk.
OTB
Så vi oppmuntret Titus til at slik han tidligere hadde initiert dette, ville han også fullføre dette nådige arbeidet blant dere.
B1930
så vi bad Titus at likesom han før hadde begynt, således skulde han fullende hos eder også dette kjærlighetsverk.

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 12:18

    I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:19

    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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  • 2 Corinthians 8:16–17

    But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:4

    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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  • Philippians 4:18

    But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:5

    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

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  • 1 Peter 4:10

    As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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