2 Corinthians 8:9

9. After Ἰησοῦ B omits Χριστοῦ.

9. The reason why he does not command. There is no need; they know why they ought to give. There is a higher example than that of the Macedonians.

γινώσκετε. Almost certainly indic., although Chrysostom and Theodoret take it as imperat.

τοῦ κυρίου ἡμιδν Ἰησοῦ [χριστοῦ]. See critical note. The full title has point and solemnity. Such an example makes a strong appeal.

διʼ ὑμᾶς. Another point, and a further inducement.

ἐπτώχευσεν. The aorist refers to the crisis of the Incarnation. Previous to that He was rich in the glory of the Godhead. After it He was poor in the humiliation of His Manhood. At the moment of the Incarnation He ‘became poor’; egenus factus est, cum esset dives (Vulg.). Paupertatem enim assumpsit, et divitias non amisit. Intus dives, foris pauper. Latens Deus in divitiis, apparens homo in paupertate (Herveius Burgidol.). See Ambrose on Luke 2:41; also Briggs, The Messiah of the Apostles, p. 121.

πλουτήσητε. Might become rich. Comp. Ephesians 1:7-8.