Acts 11:27-30

prophets.

2:17; 13:1; 15:32; 21:4,9; Mt 23:34; 1Co 12:28; 14:32; Eph 4:11

Agabus.

21:10

great.This was probably the famine which took place in the fourth year of Claudius, which continued for several years, and in which, says Josephus, "many died for want of food."

Ge 41:30,31,38; 1Ki 17:1-16; 2Ki 8:1,2

Claudius.Claudius Caesar succeeded C. Caligula, A.D. 41; and after a reign of upwards of 13 years, he was poisoned by his wife Agrippina, and succeeded by Nero.

Lu 2:1; 3:1

every.

Ezr 2:69; Ne 5:8; 1Co 16:2; 2Co 8:2-4,12-14; 1Pe 4:9-11

to send.

2:44,45; 4:34; Ec 11:1,2; Lu 12:29-33; Ro 15:25-27; 1Co 13:5; 16:1

2Co 9:1,2; Ga 2:10; Heb 13:5,6

to the.

14:23; 15:4,6,23; 16:4; 20:17; 1Ti 5:17; Tit 1:5; Jas 5:14; 1Pe 5:1

by.

12:25; 1Co 16:3,4; 2Co 8:17-21

2 Corinthians 8

1 He stirs them up to a liberal contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the Macedonians;

7 by commendation of their former forwardness;

9 by the example of Christ;

14 and by the spiritual profit that shall redound to themselves thereby;

16 commending to them the integrity and willingness of Titus, and those other brethren, who upon his request, exhortation, and commendation, were purposely come to them for this business.

we.

19

the grace.

2-7; 9:12; Ac 11:23; 1Co 15:10; Eph 3:8; Col 1:29

churches.

9:2,4; 11:9; Ac 16:9; Ro 15:26; 1Th 1:7,8; 4:10

in.

1Th 1:6; 2:14; 3:3,4

the abundance.

Ne 8:10-12; Ac 2:45,46

their deep.

Mr 12:42-44; Lu 21:1-4; Jas 2:5; Re 2:9

the riches.

6:10; 9:11,13; De 15:4; Pr 11:25; Isa 32:5-8

liberality. Gr. simplicity.

1:12; Ro 12:8

to.

9:6,7; Mr 14:8; Ac 11:29; 1Co 16:2; 1Pe 4:11

I bear.

Ro 10:2; Ga 4:15; Col 4:13

beyond.

12,16,17; Ex 35:5,21,22,29; 1Ch 29:5,6,9,13-17; Ps 110:3; 1Co 9:17

Php 2:13; 1Th 2:8; Phm 1:14; 1Pe 5:2

that.

18,19; Ge 33:10,11; 2Ki 5:15,16; Ac 16:15; 1Co 16:3,4

the ministering.

9:1,12-14; Mt 10:42; 12:50; 25:40,44,45; Mr 14:7; Joh 19:26,27

Ac 6:1-7; 9:39-41; 11:29; 24:17; Ro 15:25,26; 1Co 16:1,3,4,15

Ga 2:10; 6:10; 1Ti 5:10; Phm 1:5,6; Heb 6:10; 1Jo 3:16-18

first.

5:14,15; 1Sa 1:28; 2Ch 30:8; Isa 44:3-5; Jer 31:33; Zec 13:9

Ro 6:13; 12:1; 14:7-9; 1Co 6:19,20

unto.

4:5; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 30:12

we.

16,17; 12:18

grace. or, gift.

4,19; *marg:

9:5; Php 4:18; 1Pe 4:10

as.

Ro 15:14; 1Co 1:5; 4:7; 12:13; 14:12; Re 3:17

faith.

1Co 13:2

knowledge.

1Co 8:1,2; 13:8

in your.

7:7

see.

9:8; Php 1:9,11; 1Th 4:9,10; 2Th 1:3; 1Pe 1:22; 2Pe 1:5-8

this.

6; 9:14; Eph 4:29; 2Ti 2:1; Heb 12:28; 2Pe 3:18

speak.

10; 9:7; 1Co 7:6,12,25

by occasion.

1-3; 9:2; Ro 11:12-14; Heb 10:24

prove.

24; 6:6; Jos 24:14; Eze 33:31; Ro 12:9; Eph 4:15; *marg:

Eph 6:24; Jas 2:14-16; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jo 3:17-19

the grace.

13:14; Joh 1:14,17; Ro 5:8,20,21; 1Co 1:4; Eph 1:6-8; 2:7; 3:8,19

though.

Ps 102:25-27; Joh 1:1-4,10; 16:15; 1Co 15:47; Php 2:6; Col 1:16,17

Heb 1:2,6-14

for.

Isa 62:1; 65:8; Joh 12:30; 17:19; Col 1:24

he became.

Isa 53:2; Mt 8:20; 17:27; 20:28; Mr 6:3; Lu 2:7; 8:3; 9:58; Php 2:6-8

that ye.

6:10; Lu 16:11; Ro 8:32; 11:12; 1Co 3:21,22; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 6:18

Jas 2:5; Re 3:18; 21:7

I give.

1Co 7:25,40

expedient.

12:1; Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; Joh 11:50; 16:7; 18:14; 1Co 6:12; 10:23

Php 4:17; 1Ti 6:18,19; Heb 13:16; Jas 2:15,16

to be.

8; 9:2

forward. Gr. willing.

3

11

if.

9:7; Ex 25:2; 35:5,21,22,29; 1Ch 29:3-18; 2Ch 6:8; Pr 19:22

Mr 12:42-44; 14:7,8; Lu 7:44-46; 12:47,48; 16:10; 21:1-4; 1Pe 4:10

not.

Ac 4:34; Ro 15:26,27

14

Ex 16:18; Lu 22:35

thanks.

Ezr 7:27; Ne 2:12; Jer 31:31; 32:40; Col 3:17; Re 17:17

earnest.

7:7,12; Php 2:20

accepted.

6; Heb 13:22

but.

8,10

the brother.This is generally supposed to have been Said. Luke, "whose praise was in all the churches," on account of the gospel which he had written, and for many zealous services in its cause.

19,22,23; 12:18

throughout.

Ro 16:4

but.

1-4; Ac 6:3-6; 15:22,25; 1Co 16:3,4

grace. or gift.

4,6,7; 9:8

to the.

1,2; 4:15; 9:12-14; Php 4:18,19; 1Pe 4:10,11

that.

11:12; Mt 10:16; Ro 14:16; 1Co 16:3; Eph 5:15; 1Th 5:22

for.

Ro 12:17; Php 4:8; 1Ti 5:14; Tit 2:5-8; 1Pe 2:12

not.

2:17; 5:9-11; Mt 5:16; 6:1,4; 23:5; 1Th 5:22

whom.

Php 2:20-22

I have. or, he hath.

Titus.

6,16; 7:6; 12:18

is my.

Lu 5:7,10; Phm 1:17

and fellow-helper.

Php 2:25; 4:3; Col 1:7; 1Th 2:2; Phm 1:24; 3Jo 1:8

the messengers.

19; Php 2:25; *Gr:

8; 7:14; 9:2-4

2 Corinthians 9

1 He yields the reason why, though he knew their forwardness, yet he sent Titus and his brethren beforehand.

6 And he proceeds in stirring them up to a bountiful alms, as being but a kind of sowing of seed,

10 which shall return a great increase to them,

13 and occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God.

touching.

Ge 27:42; 1Sa 20:23; 2Ki 22:18; Job 37:23; Ps 45:1; Mt 22:31

Ro 11:28; Php 3:5,6

the ministering.

12-14; 8:4-15; Ga 2:10; 6:10

it is.

1Th 4:9,10; 5:1; 1Jo 2:27

the forwardness.

8:8,10,19; 1Th 1:7

I boast.

8:24

that.

1:1; 8:10; 1Co 16:15

provoked.

8:8; Heb 10:24

have.

4; 7:14; 8:6,17-24

ye may.

5; 1Co 16:1-4; Tit 3:1

they.

2; 8:1-5

be ashamed.

8:24; 11:17

and make.

8:6; 1Co 16:2

bounty. Gr. blessing.

Ge 33:11; 1Sa 25:27; 30:26; *marg:

2Ki 5:15

whereof ye had notice before. or, which hath been so muchspoken of before.

I say.

1Co 1:12; 7:29; 15:20; Ga 3:17; 5:16; Eph 4:17; Col 2:4

He which soweth sparingly.

10; Ps 41:1-3; Pr 11:18,24; 19:17; 22:9; Ec 11:1,6; Lu 6:38

Lu 19:16-26; Ga 6:7-9; Heb 6:10

not.

De 15:7-11,14; Pr 23:6-8; Isa 32:5,8; Jas 5:9; 1Pe 4:9

God.

8:12; Ex 25:2; 35:5; 1Ch 29:17; Pr 11:25; 22:9; Ac 20:35; Ro 12:8

God.

2Ch 25:9; Ps 84:11; Pr 3:9; 10:22; 11:24; 28:27; Hag 2:8; Mal 3:10

Php 4:18

all grace.

8:19; 1Pe 4:10

always.

11; 1Ch 29:12-14

may.

8:2,7; Ac 9:36; 1Co 15:58; Eph 2:10; Col 1:10; 2Th 2:17; 2Ti 3:17

Tit 2:14; 3:8,14

He hath dispersed.

Ps 112:9

his.

Ps 112:3; Pr 8:18; 21:21; Isa 51:8; 1Co 13:13; Ga 5:5,6

he.

Ge 1:11,12; 47:19,23,24; Isa 55:10

multiply.

6; Pr 11:18; Ec 11:6; Php 4:17

increase.

Ho 10:12; Mt 6:1; Eph 5:9; Php 1:11; 1Th 3:12; 4:10

enriched.

8:2,3; 1Ch 29:12-14; 2Ch 31:10; Pr 3:9,10; Mal 3:10,11; 1Ti 6:17,18

bountifulness. or, liberality. Gr. simplicity.

8:2; *Gr:

Ro 12:8

which.

12; 1:11; 4:15; 8:16,19

the administration.

1; 8:4

only.

8:14,15; Php 2:25; 4:18,19; Phm 1:4-7; Jas 2:14-16; 1Jo 3:17

they.

Ps 50:23; Mt 5:16; Joh 15:8; Ac 4:21; 11:18; 21:19,20; Ga 1:24

1Pe 2:9; 4:11

professed.

10:5; Lu 6:46; Ro 10:16; 16:26; Heb 5:9

and for.

Heb 13:16

by.

1:11; Ezr 6:8-10; Ps 41:1,2; Pr 11:26; Lu 16:9; Php 4:18,19

2Ti 1:16-18

long.

2Sa 13:29; Ro 1:11; Php 1:8; 2:26; 4:1

the exceeding.

8:1,6,7; 1Co 1:4,5; 1Ti 1:14

Thanks.

11; 2:14; 1Ch 16:8,35; Ps 30:4,12; 92:1; Lu 2:14,38; 1Co 15:57

Eph 5:20; Jas 1:17; Re 4:9

his.

Isa 9:6; 49:6; Joh 1:16; 3:16; Ro 6:23; 8:32; 1Jo 4:9,10; 5:11,12

Galatians 6:6-10

De 12:19; Mt 10:10; Ro 15:27; 1Co 9:9-14; 1Ti 5:17,18

not.

3; Job 15:31; Jer 37:9; Ob 1:3; Lu 21:8; 1Co 3:18; 6:9; 15:33

Eph 5:6; 2Th 2:3; Jas 1:22,26; 1Jo 1:8; 3:7

God.

Job 13:8,9; Jude 1:18

for.

Job 4:8; Pr 1:31; 6:14,19; 11:18; Ho 8:7; 10:12; Lu 16:25; Ro 2:6-10

2Co 9:6

soweth to his.

Ro 6:13; 8:13; 13:14; Jas 3:18

reap.

Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13; Ho 10:13; 2Pe 2:12,19; Re 22:11

soweth to the.

7; Ps 126:5,6; Ec 11:6; Isa 32:20; Jas 3:18

of the Spirit.

Mt 19:29; Lu 18:30; Joh 4:14,36; 6:27; Ro 6:22; 1Ti 1:16; Tit 3:7

Jude 1:21

us.

Mal 1:13; 1Co 15:58; 2Th 3:13; Heb 12:3

well.

Ro 2:7; 1Pe 2:15; 3:17; 4:19

for.

Le 26:4; De 11:14; Ps 104:27; 145:15; Jas 5:7

if.

Isa 40:30,31; Zep 3:16; *marg:

Mt 24:13; Lu 18:1; 2Co 4:1,16; Eph 3:13; Heb 3:6,14; 10:35-39

Heb 12:3,5; Re 2:3,7,10,11,17,26-29; 3:5,6,12,13; 3:21,22

opportunity.

Ec 9:10; Joh 9:4; 12:35; Eph 5:16; Php 4:10; Col 4:5; *Gr:

Tit 2:14

do good.

Ps 37:3,27; Ec 3:12; Mt 5:43; Mr 3:4; Lu 6:35; 1Th 5:15; 1Ti 6:17,18

Tit 3:8; Heb 13:16; 3Jo 1:11

especially.

Mt 10:25; 12:50; 25:40; Eph 2:19; 3:15; Heb 3:6; 6:10; 1Jo 3:13-19

1Jo 5:1; 3Jo 1:5-8