2 Corinthians 8:16

New King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

Legacy Standard Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm thankful God put y'all on Titus's heart just like y'all are on mine.

Bible in Basic English
But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

Darby Translation
But thanks [be] to God, who gives the same diligent zeal for you in the heart of Titus.

Christian Standard Bible®
Thanks be to God who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But thanks be to God, who put the same diligent care for you in the heart of Titus.

Weymouth's New Testament
But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you;

King James Version (1611)
But thankes bee to God which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

Literal Translation
But thanks be to God, who gives the same earnestness for you in the heart of Titus.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thakes be vnto God, which put in the hert of Titus, the same diligence towarde you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
But thanks be to God, who disposed Titus to be so industrious for you.

Amplified Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same genuine concern for you in the heart of Titus.

American Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Thankes be vnto god which put in ye hert of Titus the same good mynde toward you.

Update Bible Version
But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Webster's Bible Translation
But thanks [be] to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

Young's Literal Translation
And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

New Century Version
I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

New English Translation
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

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

Contemporary English Version
I am grateful that God made Titus care as much about you as we do.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now I thank God for making Titus as devoted to you as we are;

English Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thanks be vnto God, which hath put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.

George Lamsa Translation
But thanks be to God, who put the same vigorous care into the heart of Titus for you.

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

International Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who placed in the heart of Titus the same dedication to you that I have.

Etheridge Translation
But praise to Aloha who in-gave this solicitude for you to the heart of Titos.

Murdock Translation
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus this solicitude for you.

New Living Translation
But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have.

New Life Bible
I thank God that He gave Titus the same desire to help you.

English Revised Version
But thanks be to God, which putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

New Revised Standard
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thanks, however, unto God! - who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of Titus.

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

Lexham English Bible
But thanks be to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion on your behalf,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the heart of Titus,

Easy-to-Read Version
I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

New American Standard Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus.

Good News Translation
How we thank God for making Titus as eager as we are to help you!

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y do thankyngis to God, that yaf the same bisynesse for you in the herte of Tite,

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ But thanks be to God who puts [fn] the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. ¹⁷ For he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord. ¹⁸ And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches, ¹⁹ and not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord Himself and to show your ready mind, ²⁰ avoiding this: that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift which is administered by us-- ²¹ providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. ²² And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, because of the great confidence which we have in you. ²³ If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. ²⁴ 24 Therefore show to them, and [fn] before the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

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

Genesis 7:1
Luke 17:26,27">[xr] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:13
On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark--

Genesis 8:16
"Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 8:18
So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.

Joshua 3:17
Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

Joshua 4:10
So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.

Psalms 91:11
For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.

Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.

Zechariah 9:11
"As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

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.