Begun not only to do, but also to be willing. The sense seems to be, that they not only began the last year to do it, to contribute, but that they were the first that had this will, and began it of their own accord, by a motion of their own will. And therefore in the next chapter (ver. 2.) he boasted of their ready mind to the Macedonians, and that their zeal or emulation had incited a great many. (Witham)
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:10. _HEREIN I GIVE_ MY _ADVICE_] For I speak not by way of _commandment_, 2 Corinthians 8:8. _FOR THIS IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU_] It is necessary you should do this to preserve a _...
AND HEREIN I GIVE MY ADVICE - Not undertaking to command them, or to prescribe how much they should give. Advice will go much further than commands on the subject of charities. FOR THIS IS EXPEDIENT F...
II. THE MINISTRY OF GIVING. CHAPTER S 8-9 1. The Examples and Principles of Giving. CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Grace of God Manifested in the Churches of Macedonia. (2 Corinthians 8:1)_ 2. The Great Examp...
2 CORINTHIANS 8, 9. THE COLLECTION FOR POOR CHRISTIANS AT JERUSALEM. Paul attached the highest importance to this collection, to which he seems to have invited all the Gentile churches to contribute....
Brothers, we want you to know about the grace of God which was given in the Churches of Macedonia. We want you to know that even when they were going through a severe test of their faith when things w...
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
HEREIN. in (Greek. _en)_ this. ADVICE. judgment. App-177. ALSO, he, to be forward also. BE FORWARD. will. Greek. _theta._ App-102. A YEAR AGO. from (Greek. _apo_. App-104, iv). year ago. Greek. _p...
_And herein I give my advice_ See 2 Corinthians 8:8. _for this_ Either (1) -that I advise and not command," or (2) -this proof of your love." _expedient_ Rather, PROFITABLE. The word _expedient_in th...
ΚΑῚ ΓΝΏΜΗΝ ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ. _And_ IT IS AN OPINION THAT I AM GIVING IN THIS; γνώμη in contrast to ἐπιταγή (2 Corinthians 8:8). See the same contrast 1 Corinthians 7:25; and for the value of his γνώμη...
EXHORTATIONS AND INDUCEMENTS TO GIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS He is a sensitive man dealing with sensitive people; and he points out that he is not giving orders, which are not needed and would mar t...
_THERE MUST BE A WILLING MIND 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-12:_ The Corinthian brethren seemed to have thought of themselves as abounding in faith, utterance, knowledge, diligence, and in love. Paul now encourag...
ΓΝΏΜΗ (G1106) мнение, совет, ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) _praes. ind. act._ давать, ΣΥΜΦΈΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΦΈΡΩ (G4851) сводить вместе, быть выгодным, полезным, давать преимущество (BAGD). Ο'ΊΤΙΝΕΣ _...
BUT ALSO TO BE FORWARD— Or, _But also to exert yourselves._ Dr. Heylin reads the latter part of this verse, _who have not only begun already to make a collection, but also were the first that proposed...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Principles Regulating Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 8:7-15. But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Credibility (2 Corinthians 8:8-15) 8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. 9For you know the grace of o...
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. ADVICE. Herein he does not disclaim inspiration, but, under th...
7 Is it not remarkable that Macedonia, poverty stricken, in the midst of extreme affliction, deterred from contributing by Paul, entreats for the privilege as a favor, while Corinth, undoubtedly far r...
_(A) 8:1-9. THE EXAMPLE OF MACEDONIA_ 1-5. Paraphrase. 'I wish you to know how liberally and spontaneously the Churches of Macedonia have contributed to the relief of their fellow-disciples in Jerusa...
ADVICE] or, 'opinion,' i.e. as opposed to 'command.' A command was not needed in their case: cp. 1 Corinthians 7:6; 1 Corinthians 7:25. A YEAR AGO] A year had elapsed since they had first responded to...
PARAPHRASE. 'In saying this I am not laying a command upon you, for you have already manifested the spirit and practised the duty of giving this twelvemonth past. (11) Complete the offering according...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 Brothers, we want to tell you about the kindness that God showed to the churches in Macedonia. V2 Even when they wer...
AND HEREIN I GIVE MY ADVICE. — We note the same careful distinction between command and counsel which we have seen in 1 Corinthians 7:25. WHO HAVE BEGUN BEFORE... — Better, _who got the start, last ye...
CHAPTER 20 THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY. 2 Corinthians 8:1 (R.V) WITH the eighth chapter begins the second of the three great divisions of this Epistle. It is concerned exclusively with the collection wh...
HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
καὶ γνώμην κ. τ. λ.: _and herein I give my opinion, for this_ (_i.e._, that he should offer them an opinion rather than give a command in this matter, _cf._ 2 Corinthians 9:2) _is better, i.e._, is mo...
STIMULATING TO LIBERALITY 2 Corinthians 8:1 Surely the plea for a generous gift of money toward the collection which Paul was making for the poor saints in Jerusalem, could not have been more tenderl...
The apostle now turned to the subject of the collection for the saints at Jerusalem, concerning which he had written in his previous letter 1 Corinthians 16:1). He cites the example of the churches in...
VERSE 10 Paul would not command them to give, as giving has to be willingly done (2 Corinthians 9:7). He did encourage them to finish the work they had started....
(5) And herein I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to (g) be forward a year ago. (5) He takes good heed that he seem not to wrest it out...
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. (11) Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a re...
10._And in this I give my advice. _The _advice _he places in contrast with the _commandment _of which he had spoken a little before. (2 Corinthians 8:8.) “I merely point out what is expedient in the w...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
AND HEREIN I GIVE MY ADVICE,.... As Daniel did to Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:27. The apostle did not choose to make use of his apostolical authority, or give orders, as he sometimes did in such cases; h...
And herein I give _my_ advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. Ver. 10. _But also to be forward_] Gr. to be willing. This the...
2 Cor. 8:10. "Who have begun before not only to do, but also to be forward, a year ago." It may seem strange that the apostle says, not only _to do_, but also _to be willing_. Doing is more than merel...
_And herein_ In this matter; _I give my advice_ That to finish your collection immediately is for your reputation, who have formerly begun, not only to make the collection, but also to manifest a rema...
HEREIN; as to their contribution. BEGUN BEFORE; begun before the Macedonian churches. As they had made a movement the preceding year before the Macedonian churches began, it was highly desirable that...
A proof of their love for Christ:...
AND HERE IN I GIVE MY ADVICE; FOR THIS IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU, WHO HAVE BEGUN BEFORE, NOT ONLY TO DO, BUT ALSO TO BE FORWARD A YEAR AGO. The previous argument is here expanded and connected with one tha...
Chapter s 8 and 9 deal with the subject of proper care for poor saints on the part of the assembly. The wisdom and delicacy with which the apostle writes is both admirable and beautiful. He avoids abs...
FORWARD: _ Gr._ willing...
10-15 Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to behold, and give hopes of good fruit; but they are lost, and signify nothing without good deeds. Good beginnings are well; but we lose the...
OLBGrk; Giving to those that were in want, was matter of precept (it being what the law of God and nature did require); but giving as the Macedonians had given, not only to, but beyond, their ability,...
And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will. [I do not, as I have said, command you to give, but I...
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‘And in this I give my judgment, for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.' Indeed he has considered the situation like a judg...
A PLEA CONCERNING THE PAYING OF THEIR ‘DEBT' TO THE JERUSALEM CHURCH BY MEANS OF ‘THE COLLECTION' WHICH WAS TO BE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE EXTREME POVERTY OF THE SAINTS IN THAT CHURCH AND WHICH WOULD ITS...
2 Corinthians 8:10. AND HEREIN I GIVE _MY _ JUDGMENT or “opinion;” for in 2 Corinthians 8:8 he had just disclaimed giving them a “command” on the subject (see 1 Corinthians 7:6;...
JUDGMENT (γνωμην). Deliberate opinion, but not a "command" (επιταγη verse 2 Corinthians 8:8). Cf. 1 Corinthians 7:25.A YEAR AGO (απο περυσ) From last year.NOT ONLY TO DO, BUT ALSO TO WILL (ου μο...
Although this is rather a practical than a spiritual chapter, I hope that we shall get profit out of it by the teaching of the Spirit of God who inspired Paul to write it. Paul was writing to the chur...
The apostle is writing concerning a certain collection which was being made for the poor saints of Jerusalem. It was from Jerusalem that the gospel had spread into Greece, and, therefore, those who ha...
CONTENTS: Collection for the poor. Exhortation concerning the grace of giving. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: Those who truly love the Lord Jesus Who became poor for our sakes, mak...
2 Corinthians 8:1. _Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God._ Better to say, It is requisite that I should apprise you of the grace that God has conferred on the churches of Macedonia...
MY OPINION. Not a command, but advice. IT IS BETTER. If they don't finish this now, they will have lost something by neglect. WHAT YOU BEGAN LAST YEAR. They had started in a burst of spontaneous enthu...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:8 NOT AS A COMMAND. Giving to the Lord’s work must be voluntary. WAS RICH... BECAME POOR. A reference to Christ’s status as the eternal Son of God in heaven ...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1 Paul’s Appeal to the Repentant Church Regarding the Collection. In view of 2 Corinthians 7:2, Paul encourages t
CHAPTER 8 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Corinthians to imitate the generosity of the Macedonian Christians in sending alms to the poor at Jerusalem. II. He points (ver. 9) to the exampl...
_And herein I give my advice._ Bede takes this: "Herein I give my opinion," but wrongly; for advice is here contrasted with precept. _Not only to do but also to be forward._ Or "to be willing," _i.e._...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Observe: 1. 2 Corinthians 8:1 to 2 Corinthians 9:15 is one continuous section, concerned with the _completion_ of the Corinthian contribution to Paul’s great Jerusalem Christian Poor...
EXPOSITION Liberality shown by the Macedonian Churches (2 Corinthians 8:1). He is sending Titus to receive their contribution for the Church of Jerusalem, and he invites them to give according to the...
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit [or we would bring to your remembrance] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their...
1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:40;...
THE GRACE OF GIVING 2 Corinthians 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Lord lifts Christian liberality out of the mire of coercive necessity, into the realm of grace. As introductory to this sermon on giving...
Here the apostle proceeds to. fresh argument for the quickening and exciting the Corinthians charity, drawn from their own reputation. He had heard, that. year ago, upon writing his former epistle, th...