2 Corinthians 8:9

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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

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Macedonia was a Roman province in northern Greece, whose churches had generously contributed despite poverty; Jerusalem was the city where many Jewish Christians faced need. Their giving forms the immediate context for Paul’s appeal, grounded in Christ’s voluntary poverty for believers’ spiritual riches.

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2 Corinthians 8:9 mentions Jerusalem and Macedonia.

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