Verse 2 Corinthians 9:9. _HE HATH DISPERSED ABROAD_] Here is still the allusion to the _sower_. He _sows much_; not at _home_ merely, or among those with whom he is _acquainted_, but _abroad_-among t...
AS IT IS WRITTEN - Psalms 112:9. The idea is, “in this way will the saying in the Scriptures be verified, or the promise confirmed.” The psalmist is describing the character of the righteous man. One...
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...
IS. has been, or standeth. DISPERSED ABROAD. scattered. Greek. _skorpizo_, See John 16:32. POOR. Greek. _penes._ App-127. Only here. RIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _dikaiosune._ App-191. REMAINETH. Greek....
_as it is written_ In Psalms 112:9. _the poor_ The word here is the usual one in Classical Greek. See notes on ch. 2 Corinthians 8:9. _his righteousness remaineth for ever_ As this passage is simply...
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...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ. EVEN _as it is written:_ what has just been stated is exactly what is said of the benevolent man in Scripture; _He_ SCATTERED, _he gave to the_ NEEDY (Psalms 112:9). The difference be...
_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...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ указывает на непреходящий авторитет документа (ММ), ΈΣΚΌΡΠΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΚΟΡΊΖΩ (G4650) рассеивать, разгонять, распределять,...
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS— _His beneficence._ Vorst. Phil. S. part 1: p. 45 and so 2 Corinthians 9:10....
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 5 Confidence (2 Corinthians 9:8-11) 8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in...
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....
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. (AS IT IS WRITTEN - realizing the highly blessed character, Psalms 112:5; Psalms 112:9...
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...
9:9 written, (f-5) See Psalms 112:9 ....
AS IT IS WRITTEN] Psalms 112:9. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS REMAINETH] In return for his generosity, God will give him continually the disposition to be generous; the charitable man has his reward in becoming m...
PARAPHRASE. 'And God has power to enrich you with all earthly blessings, that ye may have sufficient for yourselves and the means of helping those who need, (9) and so experience the fulfilment of the...
_(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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE HATH DISPERSED ABROAD. — The words are quoted from the LXX. version of Psalms 112:9. At first it might almost seem as if they were quoted in a different sense from the original, a...
LIBERAL GIVING IS BLESSED OF GOD....
2 Corinthians 9:9-10 are parenthetical, containing an illustrative quotation and its application. 2 Corinthians 9:9. καθὼς γέγραπται “ Ἐσκόρπισεν κ. τ. λ.: _as it is written, sc._, in the words of Scr...
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 9 Paul quotes Psalms 112:9 to show that the man who cheerfully gives will be physically provided for. It further shows that this man will always be able to give since God will replenish his good...
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for (h) ever. (h) Is everlasting: now David speaks of a man that fears God, and loves his neighbour...
(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...
9._As it is written, He hath dispersed _He brings forward a proof from Psalms 112:9, where, along with other excellencies of the pious man, the Prophet mentions this, too, — that he will not be wantin...
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN,.... In Psalms 112:9 where it is said of the good and righteous man, HE HATH DISPERSED ממוניה, "his riches", his substance, as the Chaldee paraphrase adds by way of explanation; not...
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Ver. 9. _He hath dispersed abroad_] General Norice was like that bishop of Lincoln, that...
_And God is able_, &c. The contents of this verse are very remarkable; each expression is loaded with matter, which increases as the sentence proceeds; _God is able to make_ And will make, see on Roma...
AS IT IS WRITTEN; PSALMS 112:9. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; as manifested in his works of love and mercy. REMAINETH FOR EVER; in the original Hebrew, standeth for ever, that is, endureth firm, being acknowled...
(AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE HATH DISPERSED ABROAD; HE HATH GIVEN TO THE POOR; HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS REMAINETH FOREVER....
God blesses liberal giving:...
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...
As in the former verse the apostle had asserted God's sufficiency to repay them what they should lend him. So he here asserteth God's readiness and willingness. This he confirmeth from a promise taken...
as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. [Psalms 112:9. God is able to bestow every blessing, both temporal and spiritual, and so he c...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever....
2 Corinthians 9:9 As G2531 written G1125 (G5769) abroad G4650 (G5656) given G1325 (G5656) poor G3993 His...
‘As it is written, He (a righteous man) has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness abides for ever.' For the Scripture's model of a righteous man is that he scatters abroad what...
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 9:9. AS IT IS WRITTEN (Psalms 112:9), HE HATH SCATTERED ABROAD ‘a generous word' (says Bengel), ‘with a full hand, not anxiously thinking about the single grains;' HE HATH GIVEN TO THE...
AS IT IS WRITTEN (καθως γεγραπτα). Psalms 92:3; Psalms 92:9. Picture of the beneficent man.HE HATH SCATTERED ABROAD (εσκορπισεν). First aorist active indicative of σκορπιζω, to scatter, _Koine_ ve...
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...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Psalms 112:9. Paul uses this to prove what he said in 2 Corinthians 9:8. The benevolent man gives generously to the poor....
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...
_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 Corinthians 13:13; Galatians 5:5; Galatians 5:6; Isaiah 51:8;...
He hath dispersed abroad [ε σ κ ο ρ π ι σ ε ν]. As in sowing, ver. 6. Psalms 112:9. Almost literally after the Hebrew and Septuagint....
He hath scattered abroad — (A generous word.) With a full hand, without any anxious thought which way each grain falls. His righteousness — His beneficence, with the blessed effects of it. Remaineth f...