2Cor 8:8 Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:8

8: I am not saying you must do it, even though the other churches are eager to do it. This is one way to prove your love is real.

1 Corinthians 7:6

  1. This is only my suggestion. It's not meant to be an absolute rule.

1 John 3:17

  1. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?
  2. Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.
  3. It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord,

2 Corinthians 9:7

  1. You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give. Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully.

2 Corinthians 6:6

  1. We have proved ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, our sincere love, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 10:24

  1. Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds.

James 2:14

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save anyone.
  2. Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing,
  3. and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"--but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

Ezekiel 33:31

  1. So they come pretending to be sincere and sit before you listening. But they have no intention of doing what I tell them. They express love with their mouths, but their hearts seek only after money.

2 Corinthians 8:24

  1. So show them your love, and prove to all the churches that our boasting about you is justified.

Ephesians 4:15

  1. Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

1 Peter 1:22

  1. Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.

1 Corinthians 7:12

  1. Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a Christian man has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.

2 Corinthians 9:2

  1. For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to our friends in Macedonia that you Christians in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of them to begin helping.

2 Corinthians 8:10

  1. I suggest that you finish what you started a year ago, for you were the first to propose this idea, and you were the first to begin doing something about it.

2 Corinthians 8:1

  1. Now I want to tell you, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done for the churches in Macedonia.
  2. Though they have been going through much trouble and hard times, their wonderful joy and deep poverty have overflowed in rich generosity.
  3. For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford but far more. And they did it of their own free will.

1 Corinthians 7:25

  1. Now, about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the Lord for them. But the Lord in his kindness has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you.

Romans 12:9

  1. Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good.

Ephesians 6:24

  1. May God's grace be upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Romans 11:12

  1. Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the Jews turned down God's offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when the Jews finally accept it.
  2. I am saying all of this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I lay great stress on this,
  3. for I want to find a way to make the Jews want what you Gentiles have, and in that way I might save some of them.

Joshua 24:14

  1. "So honor the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.
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