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2 Corinthians 8:14
but by an equality, that now, at this time, your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want; that there may be equality,
but by an equality, that now, at this time, your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want; that there may be equality,
Verse 14. _BUT BY AN EQUALITY_] That you may do to those who are distressed now, as, on a change of circumstances, you would wish them to do to you. And I only wish that of your _abundance_ you would...
BUT BY AN EQUALITY - On just and equal principles. “That now at this time,” etc. That at the present time your abundance may be a supply for their needs, so that at some future time, if there should b...
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....
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
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...
BY. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. EQUALITY. Greek. _isotes._ Only here and Colossians 4:1. NOW AT THIS TIME. in (Greek. _en)_ the present season. FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WANT. Greek. _husteremi...
_but by an equality_ Cf. 1 Corinthians 12 and Acts 2:41-47; Acts 4:32-37. Dean Stanley remarks on the similarity between this passage and several in the 5th book of Aristotle's _Ethics_, and no doubt...
13, 14. The construction of the first ἵνα and of ἐξ ἰσότητος is uncertain. Probably ἵνα depends upon something to be understood, as ‘You must complete the ποιῆσαιʼ (2 Corinthians 8:11), or ‘I mean’ (A...
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...
_THAT THERE MAY BE EQUALITY 2 CORINTHIANS 8:13-18:_ The spiritual abundance of Jerusalem had blessed Corinth. It was only fair that Corinth share some physical blessing with Jerusalem during their pov...
ΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΜΑ (G4051) изобилие, ΕΙΣ (G1519) для. ΓΈΝΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться. _Conj._ с ΊΝ (G2443) выражает цель. Выражение ΓΈΝΗΤΑΙ ΕΙΣ означает "распространяться на...
DISCOURSE: 2035 LIBERALITY ENCOURAGED 2 Corinthians 8:13. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want,...
BUT BY AN EQUALITY, &C.— I _would only recommend an equality._ Heylin. The Apostle does not mean that Christians are obliged to be all upon a level, but that there ought to be such mutual assistance a...
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...
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...
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: BY AN EQUALITY - liter...
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...
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...
THEIR ABUNDANCE, etc.] A time might come when the relative positions of the Christians in the two cities would be reversed....
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...
BUT BY AN EQUALITY. — The meaning of the word is obvious. The Church of Jerusalem was at this time suffering from poverty, and, therefore, St. Paul exhorts the Corinthians to come to its assistance. A...
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...
οὐ γὰρ ἵνα κ. τ. λ.: _for_ the collection is _not_ made in order _that there may be relief to others, i.e._, to the Judæan Christians, _and pressure to you, but by equality, your abundance at the pres...
HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
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...
VERSES 13-14. Paul's purpose was not to make the Corinthians poor so that those in Jerusalem might be made richer. He wanted them to give out of their overflow that others might have their basic needs...
But by an (h) equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality: (h) That as now...
_This present time, let your abundance, &c. The sense, according to some interpreters is, that the time may perhaps come, when they in Judea may supply the wants of those in Achaia in the same kind. 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. (11) Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a re...
14._And their abundance _It is uncertain, what sort of _abundance _he means. Some interpret it as meaning, that this had been the case, inasmuch as the Gospel had flowed out to them from the Church at...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
BUT BY AN EQUALITY,.... All that he meant was, that there might be an equality both in givers and receivers, proportioned to their several circumstances and stations of life: THAT NOW AT THIS TIME; w...
But by an equality, _that_ now at this time your abundance _may be a supply_ for their want, that their abundance also may be _a supply_ for your want: that there may be equality: Ver. 14. _Your abun...
_I mean not that other men_ Those who are now in want; should _be eased_ Plentifully supplied; _and ye be burdened_ Straitened to relieve them; that is, that ease should be to the brethren in Judea, t...
A SUPPLY FOR YOUR WANT; should you be destitute, and they have means to relieve you. THAT THERE MAY BE EQUALITY; to such an extent that all shall have a supply....
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...
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...
BUT BY AN EQUALITY; but only to bring you and them to some equality, that they might not starve while you have plenty, and what you may well enough spare. THAT NOW AT THIS TIME YOUR ABUNDANCE MAY BE A...
but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality [The apostle did not take mo...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Of this same thing also in the second Epistle to the Corinthians: "Let your abundance supply their want, that their abundance also may...
2 Corinthians 8:14 but G235 by G1537 equality G2471 now G3568 at G1722 time G2540 your G5216 abundance G4051
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...
‘For I do not say this that others may be eased and you distressed, but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply fo...
2 Corinthians 8:14. BUT BY EQUALITY; YOUR ABUNDANCE _being a supply_ AT THIS PRESENT TIME FOR THEIR WANT, THAT THEIR ABUNDANCE ALSO (in your time of need) MAY BECOME _a supply_ FOR YOUR WANT; THAT THE...
BY EQUALITY (εξ ισοτητος). Old word from ισος, fair, equal. In N.T. only here and Colossians 4:1.ABUNDANCY (περισσευμα). Late word from περισσευω like περισσεια (verse 2 Corinthians 8:2) Cf. Matth...
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...
BY PUTTING A BURDEN ON YOU. A false teacher may have said this collection was a Jewish attempt to make themselves rich from the generosity of the Gentile churches! Compare 2 Corinthians 12:16-18. TREA...
_For I mean not that other men should be eased and ye burdened._ CHRISTIAN LIBERALITY I. The spirit in which Paul urged it. The apostle spoke strongly: not in the way of coercion, but of counsel and...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:13 FAIRNESS... FAIRNESS. Paul was asking that Corinth do its fair share in meeting the extreme needs of the Christians in Jerusalem. AT THE PRESENT TIME the Genti...
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...
_But by an equality_. I do not command so large almsgiving that your homes be pauperised while the poor have ample, but of your superfluity, which supplies the proper matter of almsgiving, I beg you t...
_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...
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By an equality [ε ξ ι σ ο τ η τ ο ς]. Ex as in ver. 11, according to. I speak on the principle that your abundance should go to equalize the difference created by their want....
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...
That their abundance — If need should so require. May be — At another time. A supply to your want: that there may be an equality — No want on one side, no superfluity on the other. It may likewise hav...