2 Corinthians 8:4

8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping¹ the saints.

2 Corinthians 8:19

8:19 In addition,² this brother³ has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift⁴ to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.⁵

2 Corinthians 8:2

8:2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth⁶ of their generosity.

Colossians 1:5

1:5 Your faith and love have arisen⁷ from the hope laid up⁸ for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel⁹

Philippians 4:18

4:18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

Philippians 4:1

Christian Practices

4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters,¹⁰ dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Philippians 4:10

Appreciation for Support

4:10 I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)¹¹

¹tn Or “of ministering to.”

²tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

³tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

⁵tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

⁶tn Or “riches.”

⁷tn Col 1:3-8 form one long sentence in the Greek text and have been divided at the end of v. 4 and v. 6 and within v. 6 for clarity, in keeping with the tendency in contemporary English toward shorter sentences. Thus the phrase “Your faith and love have arisen from the hope” is literally “because of the hope.” The perfect tense “have arisen” was chosen in the English to reflect the fact that the recipients of the letter had acquired this hope at conversion in the past, but that it still remains and motivates them to trust in Christ and to love one another.

⁸tn BDAG 113 s.v. ἀπόκειμαι 2 renders ἀποκειμένην (apokeimenhn) with the expression “reserved” in this verse.

⁹tn The term “the gospel” (τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, tou euangeliou) is in apposition to “the word of truth” (τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας, tw logw th" alhqeia") as indicated in the translation.

¹⁰tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

¹¹tn Grk “for you were even concerned, but you lacked opportunity.”