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2 Corinthians 8:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. "
2 Corinthians 8:23
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21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
24 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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Paul Paul worked alongside Titus.
Source: 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 8:23
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Read 2 Corinthians 1:1Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
Read 2 Corinthians 8:23
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2 Corinthians 8:1
"Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;"
2 Corinthians 8:2
"How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality."
2 Corinthians 8:3
"For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;"
2 Corinthians 8:4
"Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints."
2 Corinthians 8:5
"And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God."
2 Corinthians 8:6
"Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also."
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