‘As it is written, He who gathered much had nothing over; and he who gathered little had no lack.'
This was in accordance with the Scripture principle illustrated in Exodus 16:18, which demonstrated God's mind on the subject of provision, each according to his need. God did not shower jewels down on them, but manna. They received the necessities.
Verse 15. _HE THAT_ HAD GATHERED _MUCH, HAD NOTHING OVER_] On the passage to which the apostle alludes, Exodus 16:18, I have stated that, probably, every man gathered as much manna as he could, and w...
AS IT IS WRITTEN - see Exodus 16:18. HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH ... - This passage was originally applied to the gathering of manna by the children of Israel. The manna which fell around the camp of Is...
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...
IS. has been. HAD NOTHING OVER. did not (App-106). ABOUND. Greek. _pleonazo._ See 2 Corinthians 4:15. HAD NO LACK. had not (App-105) less (than enough). Greek. _elattoneo_. Only here. This is quote...
_as it is written_ In Exodus 16:18. "In this miracle St Paul perceives a great universal principle of human life. God has given to every man a certain capacity and a certain power of enjoyment. Beyond...
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...
15. In the LXX. the words run; οὐκ ἐπλεόνασεν ὁ τολύ, and ὁ τὸ ἔλαττον οὐκ ἠλαττόνησεν (Exodus 16:18). This seems to mean that those who had tried to get more than their due measure of manna, and thos...
_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...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать, ΤΌ ΠΟΛΎ (G4183) надо добавить либо έχω; т. е., "тот, у кого есть много" (RG, 1202), либо слово "собрал"; т. е., "тот, кто много собрал". Контекст...
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,...
HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH, &C.— See the note on Exodus 16:18....
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...
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. ; Septuagint As God gave equal manna to all the Israelites, whether they could gather much...
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...
8:15 written, (e-5) See Exodus 16:18 ....
_(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...
The reference is to Exodus 16:18, but the meaning is somewhat different in the two cases. There the equality is the result of a miracle; here it is the result of mutual love and generosity....
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...
HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH. — The quotation is from one of the readings of the LXX. version of Exodus 16:18. The work of love was, in the Apostle’s thoughts, like the manna in the wilderness. In the lo...
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...
καθὼς γέγραπται κ. τ. λ.: _as it is written, sc._, in the words of Scripture, “ _He that_ gathered (we must understand σύλλεξας from Exodus 16:17) _much had nothing over; and he that_ gathered _little...
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...
VERSE 15 In the wilderness (Exodus 16:17-18), no one had anything left and no one lacked for manna. McGarvey and Pendleton write, "Now that which God effected by irresistible law under the old dispens...
He that had much, &c. The words were spoken of those who gathered the manna. (Exodus xvi. 18.) Every one was there ordered to gather such a particular measure, called a gomer, and they who for fear of...
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...
15._As it is written. _The passage, that Paul quotes, refers to the manna, but let us hear what the Lord says by Moses. He would have this to serve as a never-failing proof, that men do not live by br...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
AS IT IS WRITTEN,.... In Exodus 16:18 HE THAT GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING OVER, AND HE THAT GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK; respect is had to the history of the manna, a sort of food God prepared for the...
As it is written, He that _had gathered_ much had nothing over; and he that _had gathered_ little had no lack. Ver. 15. _He that had gathered much_] He that was so nimble as to gather more than his n...
_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...
IT IS WRITTEN; EXODUS 16:18. See note on this passage. The point urged by the apostle is, that now, as in the distribution of the ancient manna, every one should have his just supply. Those who have,...
AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING OVER, AND HE THAT HAD GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK. Paul's advice is no less effective because it lacks the force of a definite commandment; it r...
The principle of equality:...
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...
This quotation would incline us to think, that the _abundance_ mentioned in the latter part of the former verse, as also the _equality_ mentioned in the end of it, is rather to be understood with refe...
as it is written [Exodus 16:17-18], _He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack_. [In the gathering of the manna some of the Israelites were able to find more than...
2 Corinthians 8:15 As G2531 written G1125 (G5769) gathered G3588 much G4183 had G4121 nothing G3756 over G41
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...
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...
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...
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...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Exodus 16:18. Paul uses this to show a Bible basis for Christians to share resources. Christian love will prevent either waste or shortage....
_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 8:1 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...
_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...
Exodus 16:18; Luke 22:35...
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...
As it is written, He that had gathered the most had nothing over; and he that had gathered the least did not lack — That is, in which that scripture is in another sense fulfilled. Exodus 16:18...