BUTLER'S COMMENTARY Chapter Eight THE PROBLEM OF STEWARDSHIP PART I (2 Corinthians 8:1-24) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. Does God expect people to give beyond their means? 2. What is the point at which one excels in benevolence? 3. If the readiness is in our heart is that acceptable whether we... [ Continue Reading ]
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Privilege of Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 8:1-6. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the ric... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Commitment (2 Corinthians 8:1-7) 8 We want you to know, brethren, about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia, 2for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality... [ Continue Reading ]
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 us see that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving throu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his pove... [ Continue Reading ]
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 appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. 18With him we are sending th... [ Continue Reading ]