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2 Corinthians 8 · a question people ask

"see that you also abound in this grace" (8:7). What is "this grace"?

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The chapter speaks of it in its own words. In Macedonia "they gave of their own accord" (8:3), "begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints." (8:4). Titus is to "complete in you this grace" (8:6), and the brother of 8:18 was appointed "to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself" (8:19). The chapter doesn't say who the saints are or where they are, and these notes don't fill that in. They apply none of it to any giving today.

The verses

“For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.”
2 Corinthians 8:3-4 · World English Bible
“So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace. But as you abound in everything—in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us—see that you also abound in this grace.”
2 Corinthians 8:6-7 · World English Bible
“Not only so, but he was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.”
2 Corinthians 8:19 · World English Bible

From Favor's study of 2 Corinthians 8

2 Corinthians 8: For your sakes he became poor

In the Greek, the "deep poverty" of the assemblies of Macedonia (8:2) and the "poverty" of the Lord Jesus Christ (8:9) are one noun, and the New Testament has it only once more.

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Last reviewed October 8, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Every answer cites the verses it rests on. What we believe · All Bible questions