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Generosity Commended

2 Corinthians 8:6

In 9 translations

BSB
So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
KJV
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
WEB
So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
ASV
Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.
LSV
so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he began before, so also he may also finish this favor to you,
YLT
so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,
DBY
So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;
DRC
Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so also he would finish among you this same grace.
GNV
That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰς τὸ παρακαλέσαι ἡμᾶς Τίτον ἵνα καθὼς προενήρξατο οὕτως καὶ ἐπιτελέσῃ εἰς ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν χάριν ταύτην·
RP2018
εἰς τὸ παρακαλέσαι ἡμᾶς Τίτον, ἵνα καθὼς προενήρξατο, οὕτως καὶ ἐπιτελέσῃ εἰς ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν χάριν ταύτην.
TR-Boyd
εἰς τὸ παρακαλέσαι ἡμᾶς Τίτον, ἵνα καθὼς προενήρξατο, οὕτω καὶ ἐπιτελέσῃ εἰς ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν χάριν ταύτην.
SCR1894
εις το παρακαλεσαι ημας τιτον ινα καθως προενηρξατο ουτως και επιτελεση εις υμας και την χαριν ταυτην

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:18I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
  • 2 Corinthians 8:16–17But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you. For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:19More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering —the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:4they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
  • 1 Peter 4:10As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
  • Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

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