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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE WILLING GIVER (2 Corinthians 9:1-5)...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The exercise of the gift of charity had both a material and a
religious value....
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_(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LIBERAL GIVING WILL CALL FORTH THE BLESSINGS OF THE RECIPIENTS....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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(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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE; the distribution of their bounty.
IS ABUNDANT-UNTO GOD; will cause many thanks to God....
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Liberal giving brings the blessings of the recipients:...
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS SERVICE NOT ONLY SUPPLIETH THE WANT OF
THE SAINTS, BUT IS ABUNDANT ALSO BY MANY THANKSGIVINGS UNTO GOD,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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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]...
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2 Corinthians 9:12 For G3754 administration G1248 this G5026 service
G3009 not G3756 only G3440 supplies G2076 ...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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'
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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....
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1 John 3:17; 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians
8:4;...
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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
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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...