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2 Corinthians 8:16
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thanks: Ezra 7:27, Nehemiah 2:12, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 32:40, Colossians 3:17, Revelation 17:17
earnest: 2 Corinthians 7:7, 2 Corinthians 7:12, Philippians 2:20
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:32 - General 1 Chronicles 29:13 - we thank 2 Chronicles 31:8 - blessed Ezra 1:5 - whose spirit Nehemiah 2:8 - the king Nehemiah 4:6 - had a mind Nehemiah 7:5 - put into mine Nehemiah 11:2 - willingly Psalms 110:3 - Thy Proverbs 3:6 - In Proverbs 16:1 - preparations Song of Solomon 5:4 - put Haggai 1:14 - stirred Matthew 21:3 - straightway John 13:2 - put Acts 7:23 - it came 1 Corinthians 7:34 - careth 1 Corinthians 12:25 - the same 2 Corinthians 2:13 - Titus 2 Corinthians 2:14 - thanks 2 Corinthians 8:3 - beyond 2 Corinthians 8:6 - we 2 Corinthians 8:23 - Titus 2 Corinthians 9:11 - which 2 Corinthians 12:18 - walked we not in the same spirit Galatians 2:1 - Titus 2 Timothy 4:10 - Titus Titus 1:4 - Titus
Cross-References
Then the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
And Yahweh said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
And the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.
And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But thanks be to God,.... The apostle proceeds to give an account of the persons and their characters, who were employed in making this collection at Corinth for the poor saints, and begins with Titus; and the rather because he had been already concerned in setting afoot that good work among them; and gives thanks to God,
which, says he,
put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you, by "earnest care" is meant that very great carefulness, solicitude, and diligence, Titus had shown in stirring them up to a liberal contribution; and which was the same that he had expressed in the arguments just now used by him, to engage them in the same service; and this care, as it was a very earnest and hearty one, so he suggests that it was more for them, than for the sake of the poor; the performance of acts of beneficence and liberality tending more to the advantage and account of the giver than of the receiver: and he further intimates, that these good motions in the heart of Titus were not merely natural, or the effects of human power and free will, but were of God, as every good thing is; they were wrought in him by the Spirit of God, and sprung from the grace of God, and therefore the apostle returns thanks to God for the same; and the mention of this could not fail of carrying weight with it, and of having some influence on the minds of the Corinthians.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But thanks be to God - Paul regarded every right feeling, and every pure desire; every inclination to serve God or to benefit a fellow mortal, as the gift of God. He, therefore, ascribes the praise to him that Titus was disposed to show an interest in the welfare of the Corinthians.
The same earnest care - The earnest care here referred to was that the Corinthians might complete the collection, and finish what they had proposed. Titus was willing to undertake this, and see that it was done.
For you - For your completing the collection. Paul represents it as being done for them, or for their welfare. The poor saints in Judea indeed were to have the immediate benefit of the contribution, but it was a privilege for them to give, and Paul rejoiced that they had that privilege. A man who presents to Christians a feasible object of benevolence, and who furnishes them an opportunity of doing good to others, is doing good to them, and they should esteem it an act of kindness done to them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. But thanks be to God — He thanks God who had already disposed the heart of Titus to attend to this business; and, with his usual address, considers all this as done in the behalf of the Corinthian Church; and that though the poor Christians in Judea are to have the immediate benefit, yet God put honour upon them in making them his instruments in supplying the wants of others. He who is an almoner to God Almighty is highly honoured indeed.
