Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Corinthians 8:18
We — I and Timothy. The brother — The ancients generally supposed this was St. Luke. Whose praise — For faithfully dispensing the gospel, is through all the churches.
We — I and Timothy. The brother — The ancients generally supposed this was St. Luke. Whose praise — For faithfully dispensing the gospel, is through all the churches.
Verse 18. _THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL_] Who this _brother_ was we cannot tell; some suppose it was St. Luke, who wrote a gospel, and who was the companion of St. Paul in several of hi...
AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER - It has been generally supposed that this anonymous brother was Luke. Some have supposed however that it was Mark, others that it was Silas or Barnabas. It is im...
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 8:16. Paul commends the three messengers who are going to Corinth on the business of the collection. One of these was Titus, and he looked on the matter in the same way as Paul. There we...
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
Thanks be to God who has put into the heart of Titus the same earnestness for you as there is in mine. His earnestness is proved by the fact that he not only welcomed my invitation, but that also, wit...
SENT. Greek. _sumpempo_. App-174. Only here and 2 Corinthians 8:22. gospel. App-140. THROUGHOUT. Greek. _dia_. App-104. 2 Corinthians 8:1. The brother was probably Luke....
_And we have sent with him_ Literally, WE SENT WITH HIM, unless the tense be what is known as the epistolary aorist (see above, ch. 2 Corinthians 2:9), in which case these messengers were also the bea...
ΣΥΝΕΠΈΜΨΑΜΕΝ ΔΈ. _And we_ ARE SENDING TOGETHER _with him the brother whose praise_ IN THE GOSPEL IS THROUGH _all the Churches_. Certainly ΤῸΝ� means the fellow-Christian, not the actual brother of Tit...
_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...
ΣΥΝΕΠΈΜΨΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΠΈΜΠΩ (G4842) посылать вместе; эпистолярный _aor._, "сейчас мы посылаем" (Barret), ΈΠΑΙΝΟΣ похвала, ΈΝ (G1722) в. Предлог указывает на область применения хвалы и...
THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL— This is generally supposed to have been _St. Luke,_ who now was, and had been a long while, St. Paul's companion in his travels. Many ancient Christians und...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Carefulness (2 Corinthians 8:16-24) 16 But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus 1, Titus 17For he not only accepted our appea...
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL - whose praise is known in connection with the Gospel: L...
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...
THE BROTHER] His identity is uncertain, but we may look for him in the list given in Acts 20:4 of those who accompanied St. Paul to Jerusalem, excluding the delegates from Asia and including St. Luke,...
PARAPHRASE. 'The zeal of Titus on your account causes us great thankfulness to God, (17) for he did not need my suggestion, but was eager to return to you. (18) With him we send our fellow-labourer, w...
_(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...
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...
THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL. — We cannot get beyond probable conjecture in determining who this was. The general current of patristic interpretation (represented, we may add, in the Col...
CHAPTER 21 THE FRUITS OF LIBERALITY. 2 Corinthians 8:16; 2 Corinthians 9:1 (R.V) THIS long passage has a good many difficulties of detail, for the grammarian and the textual critic. Where it seems n...
HE COMMENDS TO THEM TITUS AND TWO UNNAMED COMPANIONS, WHO, BEARING THIS LETTER WITH THEM, ARE SENT TO GATHER THE COLLECTION AT CORINTH....
συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _and we have sent_ (the epistolary aorist; _cf._ Acts 23:30, chap. 2 Corinthians 9:3; Philippians 2:28; Phile
“THINGS HONORABLE” BOTH TO GOD AND MEN 2 Corinthians 8:16 Those who handle the gifts of the Church should be extremely careful that all their financing be above the slightest suspicion. The Apostle s...
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 18 Another brother, who was widely praised for his work in behalf of the gospel, went with Titus....
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] (i) in the gospel throughout all the churches; (i) In the preaching of the Gospel....
Brother, whose praise is in the gospel, through all the Churches. [2] It may either signify in writing or in preaching the gospel, so that though St. Jerome expound this of St. Luke, who wrote his gos...
(16) But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. (17) For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. (18...
18._We have sent with him the brother. _The circumstance that _three _persons are sent, is an evidence, that great expectations were entertained respecting the Corinthians, and it became them to be so...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "our brother"; and one of Stephens's copies, "your brother": who this brother was, is not certain; some think it was L...
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise _is_ in the gospel throughout all the churches; Ver. 18. _Whose praise is in the Gospel_] St Luke, likely, who first wrote the Gospel, as some gath...
_But thanks be to God_ But while I speak of this collection which I am desirous of promoting, I would express my gratitude to God, _who put the same earnest care_ Which I have; _into the heart of Titu...
AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT ALL THE CHURCHES;...
Commendation of Titus and his companions:...
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...
16-24 The apostle commends the brethren sent to collect their charity, that it might be known who they were, and how safely they might be trusted. It is the duty of all Christians to act prudently; t...
Who this other BROTHER was, whether Luke, or Barnabas or Silas, or Apollos, or Mark, is not much material; it is plain, whoever he was, that he was a brother and a minister one who had a good repute f...
And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches [Baynes, in his "Horæ Lucanæ," argues very conclusively that this was Luke. He was at Phili...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, first did and then taught, as Luke testifies, "whose praise is in the Gospel through all the Churches....
2 Corinthians 8:18 And G1161 sent G4842 (G5656) with G3326 him G846 brother G80 whose G3739 praise G1868 in
HE IS SENDING THREE REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE TO THE COLLECTION AND TO THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE, ONE OF WHOM IS TITUS WHOM THEY KNOW WELL (2 CORINTHIANS 8:16). Three was the number of completeness from wh...
‘And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches, and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matt...
2 Corinthians 8:18. AND WE HAVE SENT TOGETHER WITH HIM THE BROTHER WHOSE PRAISE IN THE GOSPEL IS _SPREAD _ THROUGH ALL THE CHURCHES;...
WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM (συνεπεμψαμεν μετ' αυτου). Epistolary aorist.THE BROTHER (τον αδελφον). This may be, probably is, Luke who may also be the brother of Titus (see also 2 Corinthians 12:18) acc...
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...
WITH HIM. We do not know why Paul does not give the names of these two. Perhaps they are some of those mentioned in Acts 20:4. See 2 Corinthians 8:22 for the second unnamed brother. These will go with...
_But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus._ THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR MINISTERIAL CARE 1. We may look up, and give thanks to God for what they are. 2. We may look...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:18 The identity of the FAMOUS... BROTHER is unknown. ⇐...
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 we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the Gospel._ Barnabas, whose praise is in the preaching of the Gospel. He was ordained as S. Paul's companion (Act 13:3) (Theodoret, Chrysosto...
_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...
2 Corinthians 12:18; 2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 2 Corinthians 8:23;...
The brother whose praise is in the Gospel. Is should be joined with throughout all the churches; as Rev., whose praise in the Gospel is spread throughout, etc. The person referred to has been variousl...
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...