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2 Corinthians 8:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ. "
2 Corinthians 8:23
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21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 We have sent with them our brother whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
24 Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, 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 Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
Read 2 Corinthians 1:1As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
Read 2 Corinthians 8:23
Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.
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2 Corinthians 8:1
"Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,"
2 Corinthians 8:2
"how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity."
2 Corinthians 8:3
"For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,"
2 Corinthians 8:4
"begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints."
2 Corinthians 8:5
"This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God."
2 Corinthians 8:6
"So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace."
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