2 Corinthians 9:12 For G3754 administration G1248 this G5026 service G3009 not G3756 only G3440 supplies G2076 (G5748) G4322 (G5723) needs G5303 saints G40 but G235 also G2532 abounding G4052 (G5723) through G1223 many G4183 thanksgivings G2169 God G2316
the administration - 2 Corinthians 9:1, 2 Corinthians 8:4
only - 2 Corinthians 8:14-15; Php_2:25, Php_4:18-19; Philemon 1:4-7; James 2:14-16; 1 John 3:17
Verse 2 Corinthians 9:12. _FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE_] The poor are relieved, see the hand of God in this relief, and give God the glory of his grace....
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE - The distribution of this proof of your liberality. The word “service” here, says Doddridge, intimates that this was to be regarded not merely as an act of huma...
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...
ADMINISTRATION. Same es "ministering", 2 Corinthians 9:1. SERVICE. Greek. _leitourgia._ App-190. NOT, Greek. to. App-106. SUPPLIETH. fully supplies. Greek. _prosanapleroo._ Only here and 2 Corinthi...
_For the administration of this service_ Literally, FOR THE MINISTRY (see note on 2 Corinthians 9:1) OF THIS PUBLIC SERVICE (_the mynysterie of this public office_, Wiclif; _the office of this ministr...
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...
ὍΤΙ Ἡ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ ΤΗ͂Σ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΊΑΣ ΤΑΎΤΗΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. This explains how the relief fund has this religious side: BECAUSE THE MINISTRATION OF THIS PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT ONLY FILLING UP THE MEASURE OF THE WANTS...
_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...
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ (G1248) служение, служба. Здесь в _знач._ управление, исполнение (Barrett). ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΊΑ (G3009) служение, служба. В классическом греческом это слово относилось к богатым горожанам, которые ок...
DISCOURSE: 2036 THE BENEFIT ARISING FROM ATTENTION TO THE POOR 2 Corinthians 9:12. The administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivi...
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE— This use of the word λειτουργια intimates, that it was to be considered not merely as an act of humanity, but of religion, pleasing to God, and suitable to the natu...
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....
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Confessions (2 Corinthians 9:12-15) 12for the rendering of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God. 13Und...
For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; Greek, 'the ministration [ diakonia (G1248): the application t...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'For this charity has a twofold benefit: it supplies the needs of the brethren in Jerusalem, and it makes them give thanks and praise to God. (13) They give glory to God because they see i...
The exercise of the gift of charity had both a material and a religious value....
_(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...
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...
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE. — The latter word (_leitourgia_) has, like that for “ministering” in 2 Corinthians 9:10, an interesting history. In classical Greek it stands for any public ser...
ὅτι ἡ διακ. τῆς λειτ. κ. τ. λ.: _for the ministration of this service_ (λειτουργία, which originally stood for any public service, came to be restricted to the service of God; λειτουργέω is used in Ro...
LIBERAL GIVING WILL CALL FORTH THE BLESSINGS OF THE RECIPIENTS....
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 12 Then, the gift not only provides for the needs of the saints, but also goes up to God in the form of thanks given....
(3) For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; (3) Another excellent and double fruit of liberality towards...
_All bountifulness, [1] by which is signified, a sincere and free liberality, by giving with a sincere heart, and good intention. St. Paul encourages them to contribute willingly for God's sake, and o...
(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...
By the term _administration, _he means what he had undertaken at the request of the Churches. Now what we render _functionem _ (_service_)_, _is in the Greek λειτουργία term that sometimes denotes a s...
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...
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE,.... Not only by the Corinthians, and others, in giving and collecting, but by the apostles in ministering and distributing their contributions to the poor saint...
_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...
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE; the distribution of their bounty. IS ABUNDANT-UNTO GOD; will cause many thanks to God....
Liberal giving brings the blessings of the recipients:...
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE NOT ONLY SUPPLIETH THE WANT OF THE SAINTS, BUT IS ABUNDANT ALSO BY MANY THANKSGIVINGS UNTO GOD,...
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...
No than ought to live to himself; the two great ends of every Christian's life ought to be, the glory of God, and the good of others, especially such as belong to the household of faith. This service...
For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;...
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms And again: "The administration of this service shall not only supply the wants of the saints, but shall be abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; "[31]...
‘For the ministration of this service not only fills up the measure of the needs of the saints, but abounds also through many thanksgivings to God.' For that is what the carrying out of such service a...
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 9:12. FOR THE MINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE NOT ONLY FILLETH UP THE MEASURE OF THE WANTS OF THE SAINTS, BUT ABOUNDETH ALSO THROUGH MANY THANKSGIVINGS UNTO GOD; 2 Corinthians 9:13. seeing...
SERVICE (λειτουργιας). Old word from λεως (people, λαος), λειτος like δημοσιος, public, and εργον, work. So public service either in worship to God (Luke 1:23) or benefaction to others (2 Corinthian...
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...
FOR THIS SERVICE. "Your generous gift will supply the things that the Christian poor need, and will honor God by means of the outpouring of grateful thanks to Him!...
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...
_For the administration of this s_ _ervice not only supplieth the want of the saints. Ή διακονία τη̃ς λειτουργίας_, literally, "the ministry of this liturgy." In this collection of alms there is, as i...
_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 John 3:17; 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 8:4;...
Service [λ ε ι τ ο υ ρ γ ι α ς]. Also rendered ministry or ministration (A. V. and Rev.), as Luke 1:23; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:21. See on Luke 1:23. The word is used of thi
Still our apostle proceeds, by way of motive, farther to excite and stir up the Corinthians to this charitable contribution, from sundry considerations; namely, 1st. That it would be. very seasonable...