2 Corinthians 8:9
7 But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
10 And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
11 Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- ASV
- 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 become rich.
- DARBY
- For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.
- BLB
- For you⁺ know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich, on account of you⁺ He became poor, so that you⁺ by that poverty might be enriched.
- ÅB
- For dere kjenner vår Herre Jesu Kristi nåde, at han for deres skyld ble fattig da han var rik, for at dere ved hans fattigdom skulle bli rike.
- OTB
- For dere er klar over vår Herre Jesu Kristi nåde, at selv om Han var rik, for deres skyld omfavnet Han fattigdom, slik at ved Hans fattigdom kunne dere bli rike.
- B1930
- For I kjenner vår Herre Jesu Kristi nåde, at han for eders skyld blev fattig da han var rik, forat I ved hans fattigdom skulde bli rike.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Read in contextPhilippians 2:6–8
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
Read in contextMatthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Read in contextRomans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Read in contextJohn 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Read in contextEphesians 2:7
in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
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