2 Corinthians 8:24 BSB

2 Corinthians 8:24

In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

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ASV

Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.

KJV

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrosiaster

COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES (384)

Paul is urging the Corinthians to demonstrate their love by the way they treat those he is sending to them. If they received them with honor, they would be demonstrating to all the other churches how far they had progressed and that the good things …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wherefore show ye to them, and before the Churches, etc. - Seeing they are persons every way worthy in themselves, and coming to you on such an important occasion, and so highly recommended, receive them affectionately; and let them thus see that the very high character I have given of you is not exaggerated, and that you are as ready in every work of charity as I have stated you to be. Act in this for your honor.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1522: “Expected Proof of Professed Love” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1880)

IN every Believer's heart there is love to God, otherwise he cannot be a child of God! In every Christian's soul there is love to Jesus Christ. How could he be a Christian otherwise? As a consequence of this, in every Christian's bosom there is a love to the brotherhood—"We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren." In every Christian's breast there is also a love to all mankind. He practices that second great Commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
οὖν	oun	Therefore	G3767 →
ἔνδειξιν	endeixin	the proof	G1732 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἀγάπης	agapēs	love	G26 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of our	G3165 →
καυχήσεως	kauchēseōs	boasting	G2746 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	about	G5228 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἐνδεικνύμενοι	endeiknumenoi	is showing	G1731 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
πρόσωπον	prosōpon	face	G4383 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησιῶν.¶	ekklēsiōn	churches.	G1577 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 7:6
  I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- 1 John 3:17–19
  If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
- James 2:14–16
  What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- 1 Peter 1:22
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- Hebrews 10:24
  And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Through
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:4
  who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:12
  Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
- James 1:2
  Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

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About 2 Corinthians