2 Corinthians 8:6 “So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had s…”

2 Corinthians 8:6

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

American Standard Version

Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

Geneva Bible 1599

That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.

Darby Translation

So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;

Young's Literal Translation

so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,

Bible in Basic English

So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

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Cross references

“we”

2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Corinthians 8:16 2 Corinthians 8:17

2 Corinthians 12:18 · BSB

I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

2 Corinthians 8:16 · BSB

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

2 Corinthians 8:17 · BSB

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

“grace”

2 Corinthians 8:19 2 Corinthians 8:4 2 Corinthians 9:5 Philippians 4:18 1 Peter 4:10

2 Corinthians 8:19 · BSB

More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

2 Corinthians 8:4 · BSB

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

2 Corinthians 9:5 · BSB

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

Philippians 4:18 · BSB

I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

1 Peter 4:10 · BSB

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

7But 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.

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