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Verse 2 Corinthians 8:13. _THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED_] I do not design
that you should impoverish yourselves in order that others may live
affluently....
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FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED ... - I do not intend that
others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, “Not that
there should be rest (ἄνεσις anesis, a letting loose;
remission...
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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...
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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....
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AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
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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...
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OTHER MEN BE EASED. there should be ease or rest (Greek. _anesis._ See
Acts 24:23) to others (Greek. _allos._ App-124.)
YE BURDENED. to you affliction, as in 2 Corinthians 8:2....
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_that other men be eased, and you burdened_ This translation is partly
due to the Geneva Version and partly to Tyndale. Literally it runs,
THAT OTHER MEN SHOULD HAVE RELIEF (see note on ch. 2 Corinthi...
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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...
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13. The δέ after ὑμῖν (א3DFGKLP, Vulg. Arm.) is probably an
insertion for smoothness: אBC, 17, 33, d e Aeth. omit....
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13, 14. The construction of the first ἵνα and of ἐξ
ἰσότητος is uncertain. Probably ἵνα depends upon
something to be understood, as ‘You must complete the
ποιῆσαιʼ (2 Corinthians 8:11), or ‘I mean’ (A...
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_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...
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ΆΝΕΣΙΣ (G425) облегчение,
ΊΣΌΤΗΤΟΣ (G2471) равенство. Здесь
используется с предлогом: "согласно
равномерности" (Hughes; _см._ 2 Corinthians 8:11)....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
FOR - supply from , "I speak." My aim is not that the saints at
Jerusalem be relieved at the cost of your being 'distressed'
(literally, 't...
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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...
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_(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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED. — The disclaimer is
obviously an answer to something that had been said. The “charity
begins at home” argument, with which the workers in the cause of
missions...
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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...
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οὐ γὰρ ἵνα κ. τ. λ.: _for_ the collection is _not_ made
in order _that there may be relief to others, i.e._, to the Judæan
Christians, _and pressure to you, but by equality, your abundance at
the pres...
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HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
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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...
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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...
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VERSES 13-14. Paul's purpose was not to make the Corinthians poor so
that those in Jerusalem might be made richer. He wanted them to give
out of their overflow that others might have their basic needs...
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(7) For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
(7) Christian liberality is mutual, so that one does not have too
much, and the other to little....
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He tells them that it is the will that chiefly makes their charity
acceptable to God, who sees the heart. And that the design is not to
make others live at their ease, in a richer condition than those...
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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...
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13._Not that others. _This is a confirmation of the preceding
statement — that a readiness of will is well-pleasing to God alike
in poverty and in wealth, inasmuch as God does not mean that we should...
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_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or
previous Chapter s._...
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FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED AND YOU BURDENED. Referring
either to the givers; and that either to the richer and meaner sort in
this church; the apostle's sense being, not to put the whole b...
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For _I mean_ not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
Ver. 13. _And you burdened_] Gr. θλιψις, pinched or pressed,
viz. with poverty....
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_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...
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FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED AND YE BURDENED;...
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The principle of equality:...
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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...
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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...
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I do not press you to such proportions in giving as should make your
afflicted brethren rich, and you poor....
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For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;...
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2 Corinthians 8:13 For G1063 not G3756 that G2443 others G243 eased
G425 and G1161 you G5213 burdened G2347
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A PLEA CONCERNING THE PAYING OF THEIR ‘DEBT' TO THE JERUSALEM CHURCH
BY MEANS OF ‘THE COLLECTION' WHICH WAS TO BE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
EXTREME POVERTY OF THE SAINTS IN THAT CHURCH AND WHICH WOULD ITS...
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‘For I do not say this that others may be eased and you distressed,
but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time
for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply fo...
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2 Corinthians 8:13. For _I_ _SAY _ NOT _this,_ THAT OTHERS MAY BE
EASED, _and_ YE DISTRESSED that others be eased at your expense, your
Jewish brethren placed in comfort and ye yourselves pinched;...
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OTHERS MAY BE EASED
(αλλοις ανεσις). "Release to others."YE DISTRESSED
(υμιν θλιψις). "To you tribulation." The verb η (present
subjunctive) with ινα is not expressed....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:13 FAIRNESS... FAIRNESS. Paul
was asking that Corinth do its fair share in meeting the extreme needs
of the Christians in Jerusalem. AT THE PRESENT TIME the Genti...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 4:34; Romans 15:26; Romans 15:27...
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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...
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Observe here, The humble modesty and holy prudence of the apostle, in
what he demanded of the Corinthians by way of charity for the poor
saints in Judea. He tells them freely, he did not design to lay...