2Corinthians:8:2-9
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How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded (
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unto the riches of their liberality .
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For to their power ,
I bear record (
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yea ,
and beyond their power they were willing of themselves ;
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Praying (
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us with much intreaty that we would receive (
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the gift ,
and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints .
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And this they did ,
not as we hoped (
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but first gave (
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their own selves to the Lord ,
and unto us by the will of God .
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Insomuch that we desired (
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Titus ,
that as he had begun (
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so he would also finish (
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in you the same grace also .
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Therefore ,
as ye abound (
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in every thing ,
in faith ,
and utterance ,
and knowledge ,
and in all diligence ,
and in your love to us ,
see that ye abound (
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in this grace also .
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I speak (
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not by commandment ,
but by occasion of the forwardness of others ,
and to prove (
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the sincerity of your love .
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For ye know (
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the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
that ,
though he was (
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rich ,
yet for your sakes he became poor (
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that ye through his poverty might be rich (
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