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Titus Commended

2 Corinthians 8:16

In 9 translations

BSB
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
KJV
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
WEB
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
ASV
But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
LSV
And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,
YLT
And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,
DBY
But thanks [be] to God, who gives the same diligent zeal for you in the heart of Titus.Elohim
DRC
And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of Titus.
GNV
And thanks be vnto God, which hath put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.

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  • NA28, NA27 read δόντι (“gave”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read διδόντι (“giving”).
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  • SBLGNT: διδόντι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read διδόντι; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δόντι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ τῷ διδόντι τὴν αὐτὴν σπουδὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Τίτου,
RP2018
Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ τῷ διδόντι τὴν αὐτὴν σπουδὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Τίτου.
TR-Boyd
Χάρις δὲ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ διδόντι τὴν αὐτὴν σπουδὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Τίτου.
SCR1894
χαρις δε τω θεω τω διδοντι την αυτην σπουδην υπερ υμων εν τη καρδια τιτου

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  • Revelation 17:17For 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.
  • Jeremiah 32:40I 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:13–14I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through…
  • Philippians 2:20I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
  • Jeremiah 31:31Behold, 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:12So 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:7and 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.
  • Ezra 7:27Blessed 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 2:12I 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.
  • Colossians 3:17And 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.

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