Excel in Everything

Excel in Everything
2 Corinthians 8:7
2 Corinthians 8:7 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.


Excel …
To Abound … to Super-abound
Not just minimum requirements
To exceed expectations
… in Faith
Hebrews 11:1,6 … Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen… without faith it is impossible to please Him, …
… in Faith
2 Peter 1:5 giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge …
… in Faith
2 Peter 1:5 giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge …
… in Speech
Matthew 12:33-37 “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, …For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

… in Speech
Speak sparingly …
– James 1:19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Speak in submission to Christ
– Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.


… in Knowledge
2 Peter 1:5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

… in Earnestness
2 Corinthians 7:11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what vehement desire, what zeal, … In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
… in Love
1 Timothy 1:5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
… in Love
1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
… in Grace
2 Corinthians 8:1-2 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.
… in Grace
2 Corinthians 8:9 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.
Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.
Excel in Everything
2 Corinthians 8:7