2 Corinthians 8:7

But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Cross References (23)

  • 2 Corinthians 9:8 (10)

    And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will

  • 2 Peter 1:5–8 (10)

    For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (9)

    We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more

  • 2 Corinthians 8:6 (8)

    So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:5 (8)

    For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

  • 1 Corinthians 8:1–2 (8)

    Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

  • Philippians 1:9 (8)

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

  • 1 Corinthians 13:2 (8)

    If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to mov

  • 1 Corinthians 4:7 (7)

    For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as

  • 1 Corinthians 13:8 (6)

    Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; whe

  • 2 Peter 3:18 (6)

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of

  • 2 Timothy 2:1 (6)

    You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Peter 1:22 (6)

    Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 (6)

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one S

  • Romans 15:14 (5)

    I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instr

  • 2 Corinthians 9:14 (5)

    And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

  • Ephesians 4:29 (5)

    Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing g

  • 1 Corinthians 14:12 (5)

    It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:7 (5)

    and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourn

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10 (4)

    Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love

  • Revelation 3:17 (4)

    You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor

  • Philippians 1:11 (4)

    filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Hebrews 12:28 (4)

    Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably