Verse 12 God will accept a gift that is given willingly and freely. The greatness of the gift is not determined by amount, but by amount coupled with ability. The best example of this is the widow and her gift of 2 mites (Mark 12:41-44).
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:12. _ACCORDING TO THAT A MAN HATH_] According to his _real_ _property_; not taking that which belongs to his own _family_, and is indispensably necessary for their support; and n...
FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND - If there is a “readiness” (προθυμία prothumia), a disposition to give; if the heart is in it, then the offering will be acceptable to God, whether you be able t...
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, 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....
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...
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
IF. App-118. BE FIRST. is set forth, or set before. Greek. _prokeimai._ Occ, elsewhere, Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 6:1; Hebrews 6:2
_For if there be first a willing mind_ Literally, FOR IF WILLINGNESS (or _readiness_) IS PRESENT. See Hebrews 6:18. The word translated _willing mind_here is rendered _readiness_in 2 Corinthians 8:11...
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...
12. After ἔχῃ C2L, Copt. Syr.-Pesh. add τις to smooth the construction. 12. ΕἸ ΓᾺΡ Ἡ ΠΡΟΘΥΜΊΑ ΠΡΌΚΕΙΤΑΙ. _For if_ THE READINESS IS THERE, _IT IS_ ACCEPTABLE _according to_ WHAT IT MAY HAVE, _not accor...
_THERE MUST BE A WILLING MIND 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-12:_ The Corinthian brethren seemed to have thought of themselves as abounding in faith, utterance, knowledge, diligence, and in love. Paul now encourag...
ΠΡΌΚΕΙΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΡΌΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G4295) присутствовать, предстоять. ΚΑΘΌ ΈΆΝ (G2526; G1437) согласно чему бы то ни было. Сумма, которой располагает каждый, неопределенна, поэтому исп...
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...
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...
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. FOR - following up "out of that which ye have" (2 Corinthians 8:11), and n...
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...
8:12 accepted (d-10) Or 'it is accepted.'...
_(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...
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...
ACCORDING TO THAT A MAN HATH] the true principle of Christian giving. The best commentary on it is Luke 21:1....
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...
FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND. — This grows “out of that which ye have” in the previous verse. He is expecting a sum large relatively, and not absolutely. The history of the widow’s mite, found...
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...
HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
εἰ γὰρ ἡ προθυμία κ. τ. λ.: _for if the readiness is there it is acceptable according as a man has, not according as he has not: cf._ 2 Corinthians 9:7; Mark 12:43, and Tob 4:8, “As thy substance is,...
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...
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...
(6) For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not. (6) Against those who excused themselves because they are not rich, a...
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...
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...
_GOD’S ESTIMATE OF A WILLING MIND_ ‘If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.’ 2 Corinthians 8:12 It might seem to a supe...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND,.... If what is done springs from a truly noble, generous spirit, a spirit of bountifulness and liberality; and is given cheerfully and freely, and according to a...
For if there be first a willing mind, _it is_ accepted according to that a man hath, _and_ not according to that he hath not. Ver. 12. _It is accepted_] _Sic minimo capitur thuris honore Deus._ Noah'...
_And herein_ In this matter; _I give my advice_ That to finish your collection immediately is for your reputation, who have formerly begun, not only to make the collection, but also to manifest a rema...
NOT ACCORDING TO THAT HE HATH NOT; a man is not required to do beyond his ability, or give what he has not....
The principle of equality:...
FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND, IT IS ACCEPTED ACCORDING TO THAT A MAN HATH, AND NOT ACCORDING TO THAT HE HATH NOT....
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...
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...
He had before directed them to give out of that which they had, that is, in a proportion to what God had blessed them with; for he tells them that it is the willing mind which God accepteth, not the q...
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not. [As you once had the willingness to give, let your will perfect itself in doing, and take up the...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "But if there be present readiness of mind, according to what a man hath it is acceptable, and not according to what he hath not: for it is not that there be eas...
2 Corinthians 8:12 For G1063 there G1487 first G4295 (G5736) mind G4288 accepted G2144 to G2526 what G1437
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...
‘But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man h...
2 Corinthians 8:12. FOR IF THE READINESS IS THERE, IT IS ACCEPTABLE, ACCORDING AS _a man_ HATH, NOT ACCORDING AS _he_ HATH NOT a delightful principle, worthy of Him who “loveth a cheerful giver” (2 Co...
IS THERE (προκειτα). Lies before one. Old word.ACCEPTABLE (ευπροσδεκτος). See on 2 Corinthians 6:2.ACCORDING AS A MAN HATH (καθο εαν εχη). Indefinite comparative clause with εαν and present sub...
WILLING See (2 Corinthians 8:10). (_ See Scofield) - (2 Corinthians 8:1). _...
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...
EAGER. "Don't put it off, saying that you will have more in the future from which to give! If you are eager to show your love, God will accept your gift because of what you have to give, not because o...
_If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath._ THE CHRISTIAN ACCEPTED ACCORDING TO HIS ADVANTAGES We are led to judge of our own merits by considering what we would...
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
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:12 ACCORDING TO WHAT A PERSON HAS. Paul did not pressure people to give what they did not have or could not afford to give....
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...
_It is accepted according to that a man hath._ In other words, "Give what you can" (Ambrose, Chrysostom, Anselm). Observe here 1. that the perfection and merit of almsgiving and of every virtue consis...
_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...
1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Chronicles 6:8; 2 Corinthians 9:7;...
If there be first a willing mind [ε ι η π ρ ο θ υ μ ι α π ρ ο κ ε ι τ α ι]. The error of the A. V. consists in regarding pro in prokeitai as indicating priority in time; be first; whereas it signifies...
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...
A man — Every believer. Is accepted — With God. According to what he hath — And the same rule holds universally. Whoever acknowledges himself to be a vile, guilty sinner, and, in consequence of this a...