2 Corinthians 8:6 · KJV
“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. {grace: or, gift}”
— 2 Corinthians 8:6
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.
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.
2 Corinthians 8 — Context
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and {take upon us} the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5And {this they did}, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. {grace: or, gift}
7Therefore, 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.
8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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?
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: {grace: or, gift}
2 Corinthians 8:16-17
But thanks {be} to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
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.
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.
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. {I have all: or, I have received all}
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. {bounty: Gr. blessing} {whereof...: or, which hath been so much spoken of before}