And he who supplieth seed — Opportunity and ability to help others. And bread — All things needful for your own souls and bodies. Will continually supply you with that seed, yea, multiply it to you more and more. And increase the fruits of your righteousness — The happy effects of your love to God and man. Isaiah 55:10
Verse 2 Corinthians 9:10. _NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER_] The _sower_, as we have already seen, is he that _gives alms_ of what he hath; and God, who requires him to give these alms, is...
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER - This is an expression of an earnest wish. In the previous verses he had stated the promises, or had shown what we had a right to expect as a consequence of...
2. EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Further Exhortations to Liberality. (2 Corinthians 9:1)_ 2. The Blessings Connected with Giving. (2 Corinthians 9:6 .) Again he exhorts them to libe...
This concern brings him, however, to a renewed consideration of the grace or liberality, and of the blessings attached to it. He touches in succession on the proper temper of such liberality (2 Corint...
THE WILLING GIVER (2 Corinthians 9:1-5)...
Further, there is this--He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will reap bountifully. Let each man give as he has decided in his heart. Let him not give as if it h...
MINISTERETH. Greek. _epichoregeo._ Occurs elsewhere, Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:5.Colossians 2:19. 2Pe 1:5, 2 Peter 1:11. The prefix e
_Now he that ministereth_ The word used twice in this verse has the original signification of _leading a chorus_. Hence it came to mean to _defray the expenses_of a chorus, since when a wealthy man wa...
ΣΠΈΡΜΑ (אCD3D3KLP) rather than σπόρον (BDFG), which obviously comes from what follows; and ΧΟΡΗΓΉΣΕΙ, ΠΛΗΘΥΝΕΙ͂, ΑΥ̓ΞΉΣΕΙ (אBDP, Latt. Copt. Arm.) rather than χορηγήσαι, πληθύναι, αὐξήσαι (א3D3KL). 10...
EXHORTATION TO GIVE LIBERALLY AND CHEERFULLY Having gloried in the former readiness of the Corinthians, in order to encourage the Macedonians, and having told the Corinthians of the spontaneous genero...
_GOD WILL MULTIPLY THE SEED YOU SOW 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8-12:_ Give as God has prospered you with a cheerful spirit. When you do give generously God will bless you with everything you need. You will alway...
ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΈΩ (G2023) снабжать, оборудовать, поставлять. ΣΠΕΊΡΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΠΕΊΡΩ (G4687) сеять, ΒΡΏΣΙΣ (G1035) еда. ΧΟΡΗΓΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΧΟΡΗ...
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH, &C.— _Now may he that ministereth seed to the sower, and bread for food, both minister and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your beneficence._ See Isaiah 55:10 a...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 5 Confidence (2 Corinthians 9:8-11) 8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Generous Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 9:6-15. But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully....
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Translate as Isaiah 55:10, 'He that supplie...
5 God has no need. Gifts acceptable to Him must spring from a pure motive is better not to give at all than to give with a heavy heart or from an unworthy motive. Extortion, whether by appeals to prid...
9:10 abundant (g-17) It is possible to translate. 'now he that supplies seed to the sower shall both supply bread for the eating, and make abundant.'...
_(C) 9:1-15. EXHORTATIONS TO GENEROUS GIVING_ There is no need to write to you about the purpose and necessity of the collection, for your zeal in the matter is well known, and has been used by me as...
PARAPHRASE. 'And God has power to enrich you with all earthly blessings, that ye may have sufficient for yourselves and the means of helping those who need, (9) and so experience the fulfilment of the...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 I do not really need to write to you about help for other Christians. V2 I know how eager you are to help. I have to...
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER. — Better, _he that giveth bounteously._ The Greek verb (_epichorêgein_) has a somewhat interesting history. Originally it expressed the act of one who undert...
ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν “ σπέρμα τῷ σπείροντι κ. τ. λ.: _and he that supplieth “seed to the sower and bread for food,” shall supply and multiply your seed, i.e._, your means of giving, _for sowing_ (the A. V....
LIBERAL GIVING IS BLESSED OF GOD....
ENRICHED UNTO LIBERALITY 2 Corinthians 9:8 We are not really poorer by what we give away; and God will never starve His own almoners. Note the comprehensiveness of 2 Corinthians 9:8. God's grace is l...
In concluding this subject of the collection for the saints the apostle declares that he desires that their giving should be glad and spontaneous. He excludes two methods of giving, "grudgingly," that...
VERSE 10 God causes the farmer to receive a harvest which provides for his needs and gives him seed to use the next time. n the same way, the one who sows the seed of giving will see needs taken care...
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the (i) fruits of your righteousness;) (i) There is no inheritance as good to...
(6) But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. (7) Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him g...
2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
_THE SEED AND ITS LESSONS_ ‘He that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness.’ 2 Corinthians 9:10...
10._He that supplieth. _A beautieth circumlocution, in place of the term _God, _and full of consolation. (724) For the person that sows seed in the proper season, appears when reaping to gather the fr...
In the next Chapter the apostle (being on his way to Judea) exhorts the Corinthians to prepare relief for the poor of Israel; sending Titus that all might be ready as of a willing mind a disposition o...
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER, AND BREAD FOR YOUR FOOD,.... For so the words ought to be pointed and read, as is clear from Isaiah 55:10 to which they refer; and are a "periphrasis" of God...
_ His righteousness endureth for ever_] Never did a charitable act go away without the retribution of a blessing. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:42 _"_ 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both mini...
_Now he that ministereth seed to the sower_ By making the earth fruitful; _and bread for your food_ (So Bengelius reads,) namely, all things needful for your souls and bodies. _May he supply and multi...
HE; God. MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN; increase your means of doing good. THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS; the blessed results to yourselves and others....
God blesses liberal giving:...
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER BOTH MINISTER BREAD FOR YOUR FOOD, AND MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN, AND INCREASE THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,)...
Paul does not stress the rightness of their ministering to the saints: this would be superfluous, for of this they were already persuaded, and so expressed themselves, so that Paul had boasted to the...
6-15 Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable increase may be expected. It should be given car...
The God, whose providence and blessing maketh rich, and who giveth this seed to the sower, supply you with whatsoever you stand in need of for this life, and give you a heart to multiply that spiritua...
And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness [and he that, in the economy of nature, makes...
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms Moreover, the blessed Apostle Paul, full of the grace of the Lord's inspiration, says: "He that ministereth seed to the sower, shall both minister bread for yo...
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now G1161 supplies G2023 (G5723) seed G4690 sower G4687 (G5723) and G2532 bread G740 f
And he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, you being enriched in everything unto all libera...
FURTHER REASONS WHY THEY SHOULD REVEAL THEIR GENEROSITY (2 CORINTHIANS 9:1). It is often noted that this chapter appears to repeat to some extent the ideas in chapter 8, yet from a different angle, an...
2 Corinthians 9:10. AND HE THAT SUPPLIETH SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD FOR FOOD, SHALL SUPPLY [1] AND MULTIPLY YOUR SEED FOR SOWING, AND INCREASE THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. What 2 Corinthians 9:...
SUPPLIETH (επιχορηγων). Late _Koine_ compound verb from επ and χορηγεω, just below (1 Peter 4:11). Χορηγος is old word for leader of a chorus (χοροσ, ηγεομα) or chorus-leader. The verb means to furn...
CONTENTS: Offering for the Jerusalem saints. Encouragement for givers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Our return in blessings will be proportionate to what we sow. Let our works of charit...
2 Corinthians 9:1. _Touching the ministering to the saints_ in Judea, _it is superfluous for me to write to you._ What a method of finding the avenues of the heart. He knew their forwardness he had bo...
AND GOD. The farmer depends on God. When the farmer plants seed in his field, God makes it grow, and gives him even more seed to plant the next time. The same thing is true in Christian giving....
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 9:10 God will INCREASE THE HARVEST in terms of increasing YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Thus the quoted OT texts ...
CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to stimulate the Corinthians to almsgiving by motives of human shame and praise; he bids them not to be put to shame before the liberality of the Mac...
_Now he that ministereth seed to the sower._ This again is an answer to an objection which might be urged from the Psalm quoted. It might be said. You prove clearly enough, Paul, that alms remain in t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 9:1—Connected, in word [περί, in both cases] and in fact, with 1 Corinthians 15:1, which belongs to the initiation of this “collection,” this “ministration” for the poor...
EXPOSITION Encouragement to the Corinthians to fulfil their promises by giving speedily (2 Corinthians 9:1), amply (2 Corinthians 9:6), cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7), and thereby earn God'
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter nine. Paul has been, in the last couple of Chapter s, talking to them about the collection that he wanted them to take for the poor in Jerusalem....
1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6;...
Ministereth [ε π ι χ ο ρ η γ ω ν]. Rev., supplieth. See on add, 2 Peter 1:5. Both minister bread, etc. Construe bread with supplieth, as Rev., supplieth seed to the sow and bread for food. Minister an...
Some look upon these words as. prayer, others as. promise, that as Almighty God blesseth the increase of the earth so largely, that it sufficeth for the nourishment of men, and for seed to sow again;...