2 Corinthians 8:16

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.

King James Version (1611)
But thankes bee to God which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

King James Version
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

English Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

New American Standard Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus.

New Century Version
I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

Amplified Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same genuine concern for you in the heart of Titus.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

Legacy Standard Bible
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

Contemporary English Version
I am grateful that God made Titus care as much about you as we do.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now I thank God for making Titus as devoted to you as we are;

Darby Translation
But thanks [be] to God, who gives the same diligent zeal for you in the heart of Titus.

Easy-to-Read Version
I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thanks be vnto God, which hath put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.

George Lamsa Translation
But thanks be to God, who put the same vigorous care into the heart of Titus for you.

Good News Translation
How we thank God for making Titus as eager as we are to help you!

Lexham English Bible
But thanks be to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion on your behalf,

Literal Translation
But thanks be to God, who gives the same earnestness for you in the heart of Titus.

American Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Bible in Basic English
But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

Hebrew Names Version
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

International Standard Version
But thanks be to God, who placed in the heart of Titus the same dedication to you that I have.

Etheridge Translation
But praise to Aloha who in-gave this solicitude for you to the heart of Titos.

Murdock Translation
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus this solicitude for you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the heart of Titus,

English Revised Version
But thanks be to God, which putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

World English Bible
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But thanks be to God, who put the same diligent care for you in the heart of Titus.

Weymouth's New Testament
But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y do thankyngis to God, that yaf the same bisynesse for you in the herte of Tite,

Update Bible Version
But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Webster's Bible Translation
But thanks [be] to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

New English Translation
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

New King James Version
But thanks be to God who puts [fn] the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

New Living Translation
But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have.

New Life Bible
I thank God that He gave Titus the same desire to help you.

New Revised Standard
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thanks, however, unto God! - who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of Titus.

Revised Standard Version
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Thankes be vnto god which put in ye hert of Titus the same good mynde toward you.

Young's Literal Translation
And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thakes be vnto God, which put in the hert of Titus, the same diligence towarde you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
But thanks be to God, who disposed Titus to be so industrious for you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm thankful God put y'all on Titus's heart just like y'all are on mine.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.¹⁷For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition. ¹⁸Along with Titus, we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel. ¹⁹More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering-the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help. ²⁰We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift. ²¹For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men. ²²And we are sending along with them our brother, whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you. ²³As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches to the glory of Christ. ²⁴In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thanks: Ezra 7:27, Nehemiah 2:12, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 32:40, Colossians 3:17, Revelation 17:17

earnest: 2 Corinthians 7:7, 2 Corinthians 7:12, Philippians 2:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:32 - General 1 Chronicles 29:13 - we thank 2 Chronicles 31:8 - blessed Ezra 1:5 - whose spirit Nehemiah 2:8 - the king Nehemiah 4:6 - had a mind Nehemiah 7:5 - put into mine Nehemiah 11:2 - willingly Psalms 110:3 - Thy Proverbs 3:6 - In Proverbs 16:1 - preparations Song of Solomon 5:4 - put Haggai 1:14 - stirred Matthew 21:3 - straightway John 13:2 - put Acts 7:23 - it came 1 Corinthians 7:34 - careth 1 Corinthians 12:25 - the same 2 Corinthians 2:13 - Titus 2 Corinthians 2:14 - thanks 2 Corinthians 8:3 - beyond 2 Corinthians 8:6 - we 2 Corinthians 8:23 - Titus 2 Corinthians 9:11 - which 2 Corinthians 12:18 - walked we not in the same spirit Galatians 2:1 - Titus 2 Timothy 4:10 - Titus Titus 1:4 - Titus

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
And Noah entered the ark, along with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons-

Genesis 8:16
"Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

Genesis 8:18
So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.

Joshua 3:17
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

Joshua 4:10
Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,

Psalms 91:11
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Zechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thanks be to God,.... The apostle proceeds to give an account of the persons and their characters, who were employed in making this collection at Corinth for the poor saints, and begins with Titus; and the rather because he had been already concerned in setting afoot that good work among them; and gives thanks to God,

which, says he,

put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you, by "earnest care" is meant that very great carefulness, solicitude, and diligence, Titus had shown in stirring them up to a liberal contribution; and which was the same that he had expressed in the arguments just now used by him, to engage them in the same service; and this care, as it was a very earnest and hearty one, so he suggests that it was more for them, than for the sake of the poor; the performance of acts of beneficence and liberality tending more to the advantage and account of the giver than of the receiver: and he further intimates, that these good motions in the heart of Titus were not merely natural, or the effects of human power and free will, but were of God, as every good thing is; they were wrought in him by the Spirit of God, and sprung from the grace of God, and therefore the apostle returns thanks to God for the same; and the mention of this could not fail of carrying weight with it, and of having some influence on the minds of the Corinthians.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thanks be to God - Paul regarded every right feeling, and every pure desire; every inclination to serve God or to benefit a fellow mortal, as the gift of God. He, therefore, ascribes the praise to him that Titus was disposed to show an interest in the welfare of the Corinthians.

The same earnest care - The earnest care here referred to was that the Corinthians might complete the collection, and finish what they had proposed. Titus was willing to undertake this, and see that it was done.

For you - For your completing the collection. Paul represents it as being done for them, or for their welfare. The poor saints in Judea indeed were to have the immediate benefit of the contribution, but it was a privilege for them to give, and Paul rejoiced that they had that privilege. A man who presents to Christians a feasible object of benevolence, and who furnishes them an opportunity of doing good to others, is doing good to them, and they should esteem it an act of kindness done to them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. But thanks be to God — He thanks God who had already disposed the heart of Titus to attend to this business; and, with his usual address, considers all this as done in the behalf of the Corinthian Church; and that though the poor Christians in Judea are to have the immediate benefit, yet God put honour upon them in making them his instruments in supplying the wants of others. He who is an almoner to God Almighty is highly honoured indeed.