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2 Corinthians 8:16

2 Corinthians 8:16 is verse 16 of 2 Corinthians chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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2 Corinthians 8:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality.

15 As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

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

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

18 Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 2:12

I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.

Jeremiah 31:31

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Revelation 17:17

For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

Philippians 2:20

I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

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