# 2 Corinthians 8

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 10 | 41.67%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 12 | 50%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 8.33%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 357 | 89.47%
NIV2011 changed words | 42 | 10.53%
NIV2011 removed words | 38 |
NIV2011 added words | 46 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
8:1 | tNIV | And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. | And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. | And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
8:2 | tNIV | Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. | Out In the midst of the most a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. | Out In the midst of the most a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
8:4 | tNIV | they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints. | they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints Lord’s people. | they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints Lord’s people.
8:5 | NIV2011 | And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will. | And they did not do as we expected went beyond our expectations; having given themselves first of all to the Lord, but they gave themselves first to by the Lord and then will of God also to us in keeping with God’s will. | And they did not do as we expected, but they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us in keeping with God’s will.
8:6 | tNIV | So we urged Titus, since he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. | So we urged Titus, since just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. | So we urged Titus, since just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part.
8:7 | tNIV | But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. | But just as since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your the love for us we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. | But just as since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your the love for us we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8:9 | tNIV | For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. | For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. | For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
8:10 | tNIV | And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. | And here is my advice judgment about what is best for you in this matter: . Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. | And here is my advice judgment about what is best for you in this matter: . Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
8:12 | tNIV | For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. | For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he one does not have. | For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he one does not have.
8:14 | tNIV | At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then there will be equality, | At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then there will be The goal is equality, | At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then there will be The goal is equality,
8:15 | tNIV | as it is written: “He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little.” | as it is written: “He The one who gathered much did not have too much, and he the one who gathered little did not have too little.” | as it is written: “He The one who gathered much did not have too much, and he the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
8:16 | tNIV | I thank God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. | I thank Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. | I thank Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you.
8:21 | NIV2011 | For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. | For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men others. | For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men man.
8:23 | tNIV | As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. | As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. | As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ.