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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was richr, yet for your sakes he became poort, that ye through his poverty might be richu.

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John 1:1• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

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Luke 9:58• ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (Luke 9:58)

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Phil. 2:6‑7• ⁶who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
⁷but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men; (Phil. 2:6‑7)

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Rev. 3:18• ¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:18)

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the grace.

2 Cor. 13:14• ¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. (2 Cor. 13:14)

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John 1:14,17• ¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ. (John 1:14,17)

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Rom. 5:8,20‑21• ⁸but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
²⁰But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,
²¹in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:8,20‑21)

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1 Cor. 1:4• ⁴I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus; (1 Cor. 1:4)

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Eph. 1:6‑8• ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
⁸which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence, (Eph. 1:6‑8)

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Eph. 2:7• ⁷that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:7)

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Eph. 3:8,19• ⁸To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
¹⁹and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled even to all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:8,19)

though.

Psa. 102:25‑27• ²⁵Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
²⁶*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
²⁷But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psa. 102:25‑27)

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John 1:1‑4,10• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²*He* was in the beginning with God.
³All things received being through him, and without him not one thing received being which has received being.
⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
¹⁰He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not. (John 1:1‑4,10)

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John 16:15• ¹⁵All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you. (John 16:15)

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1 Cor. 15:47• ⁴⁷the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven. (1 Cor. 15:47)

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Phil. 2:6• ⁶who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God; (Phil. 2:6)

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Col. 1:16‑17• ¹⁶because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.
¹⁷And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him. (Col. 1:16‑17)

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Heb. 1:2,6‑14• ²at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
⁶and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.
⁷And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire;
⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
⁹Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.
¹⁰And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
¹¹They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
¹²and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.
¹³But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet?
¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation? (Heb. 1:2,6‑14)

for.

Isa. 62:1• ¹For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth. (Isa. 62:1)

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Isa. 65:8• ⁸Thus saith Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is said, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. (Isa. 65:8)

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John 12:30• ³⁰Jesus answered and said, Not on my account has this voice come, but on yours. (John 12:30)

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John 17:19• ¹⁹and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth. (John 17:19)

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Col. 1:24• ²⁴Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly; (Col. 1:24)

he became.

Isa. 53:2• ²For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isa. 53:2)

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Matt. 8:20• ²⁰And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (Matt. 8:20)

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Matt. 17:27• ²⁷But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee. (Matt. 17:27)

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Matt. 20:28• ²⁸as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:28)

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Mark 6:3• ³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. (Mark 6:3)

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Luke 2:7• ⁷and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7)

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Luke 8:3• ³and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance. (Luke 8:3)

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Luke 9:58• ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (Luke 9:58)

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Phil. 2:6‑8• ⁶who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
⁷but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men;
⁸and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:6‑8)

that ye.

2 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. (2 Cor. 6:10)

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Luke 16:11• ¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true? (Luke 16:11)

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Rom. 8:32• ³²He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things? (Rom. 8:32)

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Rom. 11:12• ¹²But if their fall be the world's wealth, and their loss the wealth of the nations, how much rather their fulness? (Rom. 11:12)

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1 Cor. 3:21‑22• ²¹So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.
²²Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours; (1 Cor. 3:21‑22)

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Eph. 3:8• ⁸To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)

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1 Tim. 6:18• ¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance, (1 Tim. 6:18)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

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Rev. 3:18• ¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:18)

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Rev. 21:7• ⁷He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me son. (Rev. 21:7)

• To awaken this love, the apostle reminds them that in Christ we have the most transcendent example of giving. (“2 Corinthians 8” by H. Smith)

• To His grace, though it be really immeasurable, two measures are applied, the infinite glory of His person in itself, and the depth of humiliation to which He submitted for us. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 8:9-15” by W. Kelly)

• It was His ordinary life to count on the care of God while doing His work without an anxiety on the one hand, and on the other without independent resources. But His poverty went down into depths unfathomable in the cross. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 8:9-15” by W. Kelly)

• He sold all that He had to do this (Matt. 13:44). He gave Himself (Matt. 20:28; Gal 2:20; Eph. 5:25; 1 Tim. 2:6; Titus 2:14). (“The Examples of Giving: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his*c poverty might be enriched.

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The "his" is emphatic. "the poverty of such a one as he."

W. Kelly Translation

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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich.