2 Corinthians 8:9 meaning and explanation
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to the church in Corinth, urging them to finish the collection for needy believers in Jerusalem. He has just held up the Macedonian churches as an example of giving out of deep poverty, and here he gives the deeper motive: Christ himself.
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