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Verse 18. _THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL_] Who this
_brother_ was we cannot tell; some suppose it was St. Luke, who wrote
a gospel, and who was the companion of St. Paul in several of hi...
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AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER - It has been generally supposed
that this anonymous brother was Luke. Some have supposed however that
it was Mark, others that it was Silas or Barnabas. It is im...
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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 8:16. Paul commends the three messengers who are going
to Corinth on the business of the collection. One of these was Titus,
and he looked on the matter in the same way as Paul. There we...
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AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
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Thanks be to God who has put into the heart of Titus the same
earnestness for you as there is in mine. His earnestness is proved by
the fact that he not only welcomed my invitation, but that also, wit...
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SENT. Greek. _sumpempo_. App-174. Only here and 2 Corinthians 8:22.
gospel. App-140.
THROUGHOUT. Greek. _dia_. App-104. 2 Corinthians 8:1. The brother was
probably Luke....
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_And we have sent with him_ Literally, WE SENT WITH HIM, unless the
tense be what is known as the epistolary aorist (see above, ch. 2
Corinthians 2:9), in which case these messengers were also the bea...
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ΣΥΝΕΠΈΜΨΑΜΕΝ ΔΈ. _And we_ ARE SENDING TOGETHER _with him
the brother whose praise_ IN THE GOSPEL IS THROUGH _all the Churches_.
Certainly ΤῸΝ� means the fellow-Christian, not the actual
brother of Tit...
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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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ΣΥΝΕΠΈΜΨΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΠΈΜΠΩ
(G4842) посылать вместе; эпистолярный
_aor._, "сейчас мы посылаем" (Barret),
ΈΠΑΙΝΟΣ похвала,
ΈΝ (G1722) в. Предлог указывает на область
применения хвалы и...
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THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL— This is generally
supposed to have been _St. Luke,_ who now was, and had been a long
while, St. Paul's companion in his travels. Many ancient Christians
und...
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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 appea...
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And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel
throughout all the churches;
THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL - whose praise is known in
connection with the Gospel: L...
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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. 'The zeal of Titus on your account causes us great
thankfulness to God, (17) for he did not need my suggestion, but was
eager to return to you. (18) With him we send our fellow-labourer,
w...
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THE BROTHER] His identity is uncertain, but we may look for him in the
list given in Acts 20:4 of those who accompanied St. Paul to
Jerusalem, excluding the delegates from Asia and including St. Luke,...
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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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THE BROTHER, WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL. — We cannot get beyond
probable conjecture in determining who this was. The general current
of patristic interpretation (represented, we may add, in the Col...
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CHAPTER 21
THE FRUITS OF LIBERALITY.
2 Corinthians 8:16; 2 Corinthians 9:1 (R.V)
THIS long passage has a good many difficulties of detail, for the
grammarian and the textual critic. Where it seems n...
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HE COMMENDS TO THEM TITUS AND TWO UNNAMED COMPANIONS, WHO, BEARING
THIS LETTER WITH THEM, ARE SENT TO GATHER THE COLLECTION AT CORINTH....
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συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _and we have sent_ (the
epistolary aorist; _cf._ Acts 23:30, chap. 2 Corinthians 9:3;
Philippians 2:28; Phile
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“THINGS HONORABLE” BOTH TO GOD AND MEN
2 Corinthians 8:16
Those who handle the gifts of the Church should be extremely careful
that all their financing be above the slightest suspicion. The Apostle
s...
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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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VERSE 18 Another brother, who was widely praised for his work in
behalf of the gospel, went with Titus....
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And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] (i) in the
gospel throughout all the churches;
(i) In the preaching of the Gospel....
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Brother, whose praise is in the gospel, through all the Churches. [2]
It may either signify in writing or in preaching the gospel, so that
though St. Jerome expound this of St. Luke, who wrote his gos...
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(16) But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the
heart of Titus for you. (17) For indeed he accepted the exhortation;
but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. (18...
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18._We have sent with him the brother. _The circumstance that _three
_persons are sent, is an evidence, that great expectations were
entertained respecting the Corinthians, and it became them to be so...
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_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or
previous Chapter s._...
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AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic
versions read, "our brother"; and one of Stephens's copies, "your
brother": who this brother was, is not certain; some think it was L...
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And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise _is_ in the gospel
throughout all the churches;
Ver. 18. _Whose praise is in the Gospel_] St Luke, likely, who first
wrote the Gospel, as some gath...
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_But thanks be to God_ But while I speak of this collection which I am
desirous of promoting, I would express my gratitude to God, _who put
the same earnest care_ Which I have; _into the heart of Titu...
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AND WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM THE BROTHER WHOSE PRAISE IS IN THE GOSPEL
THROUGHOUT ALL THE CHURCHES;...
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Commendation of Titus and his companions:...
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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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16-24 The apostle commends the brethren sent to collect their
charity, that it might be known who they were, and how safely they
might be trusted. It is the duty of all Christians to act prudently;
t...
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Who this other BROTHER was, whether Luke, or Barnabas or Silas, or
Apollos, or Mark, is not much material; it is plain, whoever he was,
that he was a brother and a minister one who had a good repute f...
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And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the
gospel is spread through all the churches [Baynes, in his "Horæ
Lucanæ," argues very conclusively that this was Luke. He was at
Phili...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, first did
and then taught, as Luke testifies, "whose praise is in the Gospel
through all the Churches....
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2 Corinthians 8:18 And G1161 sent G4842 (G5656) with G3326 him G846
brother G80 whose G3739 praise G1868 in
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HE IS SENDING THREE REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE TO THE COLLECTION AND TO
THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE, ONE OF WHOM IS TITUS WHOM THEY KNOW WELL (2
CORINTHIANS 8:16).
Three was the number of completeness from wh...
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‘And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the
gospel is spread through all the churches, and not only so, but who
was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matt...
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2 Corinthians 8:18. AND WE HAVE SENT TOGETHER WITH HIM THE BROTHER
WHOSE PRAISE IN THE GOSPEL IS _SPREAD _ THROUGH ALL THE CHURCHES;...
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WE HAVE SENT WITH HIM
(συνεπεμψαμεν μετ' αυτου). Epistolary aorist.THE
BROTHER
(τον αδελφον). This may be, probably is, Luke who may also
be the brother of Titus (see also 2 Corinthians 12:18) acc...
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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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WITH HIM. We do not know why Paul does not give the names of these
two. Perhaps they are some of those mentioned in Acts 20:4. See 2
Corinthians 8:22 for the second unnamed brother. These will go with...
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_But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart
of Titus._
THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR MINISTERIAL CARE
1. We may look up, and give thanks to God for what they are.
2. We may look...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:18 The identity of the
FAMOUS... BROTHER is unknown.
⇐...
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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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_And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the Gospel._
Barnabas, whose praise is in the preaching of the Gospel. He was
ordained as S. Paul's companion (Act 13:3) (Theodoret, Chrysosto...
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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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2 Corinthians 12:18; 2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 2
Corinthians 8:23;...
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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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We — I and Timothy. The brother — The ancients generally supposed
this was St. Luke. Whose praise — For faithfully dispensing the
gospel, is through all the churches....