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# 2 Corinthians 8

2 Corinthians 8 is chapter 8 of 13 in the Second Letter to the Corinthians. Here are all 24 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> He exhorts them to contribute bountifully to relieve the poor of Jerusalem.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 2 Corinthians 8 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia.
2. For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.
3. And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability.
4. For they were begging us, with great exhortation, for the grace and the communication of the ministry that is with the saints.
5. And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God,
6. so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.
7. But, just as in all things you abound in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all solicitude, and even more so in your charity toward us, so also may you abound in this grace.
8. I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.
9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.
10. And about this, I give my counsel. For this is useful to those of you who, only a year earlier, had just begun to act, or even to be willing to act.
11. So, truly now, accomplish this in deed, so that, in the same manner as your willing mind is prompted, you may also act, out of that which you have.
12. For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.
13. And it is not that others should be relieved, while you are troubled, but that there should be an equality.
14. In this present time, let your abundance supply their need, so that their abundance may also supply your need, in order that there may be an equality, just as it was written:
15. “He with more did not have too much; and he with less did not have too little.”
16. But thanks be to God, who has granted to the heart of Titus, this same solicitude for you.
17. For certainly, he accepted the exhortation. But since he was more solicitous, he went to you of his own free will.
18. And we have even sent with him a brother whose praise accompanies the Gospel throughout all the churches.
19. And not only that, but he was also chosen by the churches to be a companion for our sojourn in this grace, which is ministered by us with our determined will, to the glory of the Lord.
20. So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.
21. For we provide for what is good, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of men.
22. And we have also sent with them our brother, whom we have proven to be frequently solicitous in many matters. But now there is a greater solicitousness, which is greatly entrusted to you;
23. and whether it concerns Titus, who is a companion to me and a helper to you, or whether it concerns our brothers, the Apostles of the churches, it is to the glory of Christ.
24. Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.

## 2 Corinthians 8 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Notam autem facimus vobis, fratres, gratiam Dei, quæ data est in ecclesiis Macedoniæ:
2. quod in multo experimento tribulationis abundantia gaudii ipsorum fuit, et altissima paupertas eorum, abundavit in divitias simplicitatis eorum:
3. quia secundum virtutem testimonium illis reddo, et supra virtutem voluntarii fuerunt,
4. cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam, et communicationem ministerii, quod fit in sanctos.
5. Et non sicut speravimus, sed semetipsos dederunt primum Domino, deinde nobis per voluntatem Dei,
6. ita ut rogaremus Titum, ut quemadmodum cœpit, ita et perficiat in vobis etiam gratiam istam.
7. Sed sicut in omnibus abundatis fide, et sermone, et scientia, et omni sollicitudine, insuper et caritate vestra in nos, ut et in hac gratia abundetis.
8. Non quasi imperans dico: sed per aliorum sollicitudinem, etiam vestræ caritatis ingenium bonum comprobans.
9. Scitis enim gratiam Domini nostri Jesu Christi, quoniam propter vos egenus factus est, cum esset dives, ut illius inopia vos divites essetis.
10. Et consilium in hoc do: hoc enim vobis utile est, qui non solum facere, sed et velle cœpistis ab anno priore:
11. nunc vero et facto perficite: ut quemadmodum promptus est animus voluntatis, ita sit et perficiendi ex eo quod habetis.
12. Si enim voluntas prompta est, secundum id quod habet, accepta est, non secundum id quod non habet.
13. Non enim ut aliis sit remissio, vobis autem tribulatio, sed ex æqualitate.
14. In præsenti tempore vestra abundantia illorum inopiam suppleat: ut et illorum abundantia vestræ inopiæ sit supplementum, ut fiat æqualitas, sicut scriptum est:
15. Qui multum, non abundavit: et qui modicum, non minoravit.
16. Gratias autem Deo, qui dedit eamdem sollicitudinem pro vobis in corde Titi,
17. quoniam exhortationem quidem suscepit: sed cum sollicitior esset, sua voluntate profectus est ad vos.
18. Misimus etiam cum illo fratrem, cujus laus est in Evangelio per omnes ecclesias:
19. non solum autem, sed et ordinatus est ab ecclesiis comes peregrinationis nostræ in hanc gratiam, quæ ministratur a nobis ad Domini gloriam, et destinatam voluntatem nostram:
20. devitantes hoc, ne quis nos vituperet in hac plenitudine, quæ ministratur a nobis.
21. Providemus enim bona non solum coram Deo, sed etiam coram hominibus.
22. Misimus autem cum illis et fratrem nostrum, quem probavimus in multis sæpe sollicitum esse: nunc autem multo sollicitiorem, confidentia multa in vos,
23. sive pro Tito, qui est socius meus, et in vos adjutor, sive fratres nostri, Apostoli ecclesiarum, gloria Christi.
24. Ostensionem ergo, quæ est caritatis vestræ, et nostræ gloriæ pro vobis, in illos ostendite in faciem ecclesiarum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 2833: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1351: The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2407: Respect for Persons and Their Goods ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 517: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2546: Poverty of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “He took what is ours to give us what is His.” — St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation, 8, c. 318 (On this theme: verse 9)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 2: “Simplicity” … That is, sincere bounty and charity.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Nov 7, 2026: Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, 2 Corinthians 8:9
- Mon, May 24, 2027: Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, 2 Corinthians 8:9
- Tue, Jun 15, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9
- Sat, Jun 19, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, 2 Corinthians 8:9

8 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).