Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Corinthians 8:13
(7) For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
(7) Christian liberality is mutual, so that one does not have too much, and the other to little.
(7) For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
(7) Christian liberality is mutual, so that one does not have too much, and the other to little.
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:13. _THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED_] I do not design that you should impoverish yourselves in order that others may live affluently....
FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED ... - I do not intend that others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, “Not that there should be rest (ἄνεσις anesis, a letting loose; remission...
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....
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
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...
OTHER MEN BE EASED. there should be ease or rest (Greek. _anesis._ See Acts 24:23) to others (Greek. _allos._ App-124.) YE BURDENED. to you affliction, as in 2 Corinthians 8:2....
_that other men be eased, and you burdened_ This translation is partly due to the Geneva Version and partly to Tyndale. Literally it runs, THAT OTHER MEN SHOULD HAVE RELIEF (see note on ch. 2 Corinthi...
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...
13. The δέ after ὑμῖν (א3DFGKLP, Vulg. Arm.) is probably an insertion for smoothness: אBC, 17, 33, d e Aeth. omit....
13, 14. The construction of the first ἵνα and of ἐξ ἰσότητος is uncertain. Probably ἵνα depends upon something to be understood, as ‘You must complete the ποιῆσαιʼ (2 Corinthians 8:11), or ‘I mean’ (A...
_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...
ΆΝΕΣΙΣ (G425) облегчение, ΊΣΌΤΗΤΟΣ (G2471) равенство. Здесь используется с предлогом: "согласно равномерности" (Hughes; _см._ 2 Corinthians 8:11)....
DISCOURSE: 2035 LIBERALITY ENCOURAGED 2 Corinthians 8:13. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want,...
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 I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: FOR - supply from , "I speak." My aim is not that the saints at Jerusalem be relieved at the cost of your being 'distressed' (literally, 't...
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...
_(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...
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 I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED. — The disclaimer is obviously an answer to something that had been said. The “charity begins at home” argument, with which the workers in the cause of missions...
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....
οὐ γὰρ ἵνα κ. τ. λ.: _for_ the collection is _not_ made in order _that there may be relief to others, i.e._, to the Judæan Christians, _and pressure to you, but by equality, your abundance at the pres...
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...
VERSES 13-14. Paul's purpose was not to make the Corinthians poor so that those in Jerusalem might be made richer. He wanted them to give out of their overflow that others might have their basic needs...
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...
13._Not that others. _This is a confirmation of the preceding statement — that a readiness of will is well-pleasing to God alike in poverty and in wealth, inasmuch as God does not mean that we should...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED AND YOU BURDENED. Referring either to the givers; and that either to the richer and meaner sort in this church; the apostle's sense being, not to put the whole b...
For _I mean_ not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: Ver. 13. _And you burdened_] Gr. θλιψις, pinched or pressed, viz. with poverty....
_I mean not that other men_ Those who are now in want; should _be eased_ Plentifully supplied; _and ye be burdened_ Straitened to relieve them; that is, that ease should be to the brethren in Judea, t...
FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED AND YE BURDENED;...
The principle of equality:...
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...
I do not press you to such proportions in giving as should make your afflicted brethren rich, and you poor....
For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;...
2 Corinthians 8:13 For G1063 not G3756 that G2443 others G243 eased G425 and G1161 you G5213 burdened G2347
‘For I do not say this that others may be eased and you distressed, but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply fo...
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...
2 Corinthians 8:13. For _I_ _SAY _ NOT _this,_ THAT OTHERS MAY BE EASED, _and_ YE DISTRESSED that others be eased at your expense, your Jewish brethren placed in comfort and ye yourselves pinched;...
OTHERS MAY BE EASED (αλλοις ανεσις). "Release to others."YE DISTRESSED (υμιν θλιψις). "To you tribulation." The verb η (present subjunctive) with ινα is not expressed....
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...
BY PUTTING A BURDEN ON YOU. A false teacher may have said this collection was a Jewish attempt to make themselves rich from the generosity of the Gentile churches! Compare 2 Corinthians 12:16-18. TREA...
_For I mean not that other men should be eased and ye burdened._ CHRISTIAN LIBERALITY I. The spirit in which Paul urged it. The apostle spoke strongly: not in the way of coercion, but of counsel and...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:13 FAIRNESS... FAIRNESS. Paul was asking that Corinth do its fair share in meeting the extreme needs of the Christians in Jerusalem. AT THE PRESENT TIME the Genti...
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
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...
_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...
Acts 4:34; Romans 15:26; Romans 15:27...
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...
Observe here, The humble modesty and holy prudence of the apostle, in what he demanded of the Corinthians by way of charity for the poor saints in Judea. He tells them freely, he did not design to lay...