{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/2-corinthians/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:10.658Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"2 Corinthians","bookSlug":"2-corinthians","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For to <i>their</i> power, I bear record, yea, and beyond <i>their</i> power <i>they were</i> willing of themselves;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and <i>take upon us</i> the fellowship of the ministering to the saints."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And <i>this they did</i>, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore, as ye abound in every <i>thing, in</i> faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and <i>in</i> all diligence, and <i>in</i> your love to us, <i>see</i> that ye abound in this grace also."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And herein I give <i>my</i> advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Now therefore perform the doing <i>of it</i>; that as <i>there was</i> a readiness to will, so <i>there may be</i> a performance also out of that which ye have."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For if there be first a willing mind, <i>it is</i> accepted according to that a man hath, <i>and</i> not according to that he hath not."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For <i>I mean</i> not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But by an equality, <i>that</i> now at this time your abundance <i>may be a supply</i> for their want, that their abundance also may be <i>a supply</i> for your want: that there may be equality:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"As it is written, He that <i>had gathered</i> much had nothing over; and he that <i>had gathered</i> little had no lack."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But thanks <i>be</i> to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise <i>is</i> in the gospel throughout all the churches;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And not <i>that</i> only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and <i>declaration of</i> your ready mind:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which <i>I have</i> in you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Whether <i>any do inquire</i> of Titus, <i>he is</i> my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren <i>be inquired of, they are</i> the messengers of the churches, <i>and</i> the glory of Christ."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Corinthians 8 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 Corinthians 8](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-corinthians/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-corinthians/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}