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2nd Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9,

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,

so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Ah, this is one of the greatest succinct one verse,

pictures of the gospel and the glory and the grace of Jesus.

And the fact that it comes in a couple of chapters

that are all about giving of our own resources

for the building up of the church and the spread of the gospel

and the glory of God makes this verse all the more potent.

So the context here, 2nd Corinthians chapter 8,

Paul is writing about impoverished brothers and sisters

among the churches in Macedonia,

who in the middle of their poverty and affliction,

extreme poverty, he says in chapter 8 verse 2,

they overflowed in a well of generosity.

They gave so much.

In fact, it says in verse 4,

they were begging earnestly for the favor of giving

to help other impoverished brothers and sisters

specifically in Jerusalem.

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