Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Corinthians 8:3
For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] (c) willing of themselves;
(c) Of their own accord they were generous.
For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] (c) willing of themselves;
(c) Of their own accord they were generous.
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:3. _FOR TO_ THEIR _POWER_, C.] In their liberality they had no _rule_ but their ability they believed they were bound to contribute all they could; and even this rule they trans...
FOR TO THEIR POWER - To the utmost of their ability. I BEAR RECORD - Paul had founded those churches and had spent much time with them. He was therefore well qualified to bear testimony in regard to...
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...
TO. according to. Greek _kata._ App-104. POWER. Greek. _dunamis_. App-172. BEAR RECORD. testify. Greek. _martureo._ See p. 1611. BEYOND. above. Greek. _huper._ App-104. The texts read _para._ WILL...
_willing of themselves] Willynge of their owne accorde_, Tyndale. Literally, OF THEIR OWN CHOICE, not excluding, however, as Meyer well remarks, Divine, but only human, influence in the matter. Cf. 2...
3–5. The main clause in this long sentence is ἙΑΥΤΟῪΣ ἜΔΩΚΑΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΥΡΊΩΙ: _totam periochae structuram sustinet_ (Bengel). Of this self-sacrifice four things are stated: (1) it was to the extent of the...
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΩ͂. Comp. Galatians 4:15; Romans 10:2; Colossians 4:13. ΠΑΡᾺ ΔΎΝΑΜΙΝ. Stronger than ὑπὲρ δύναμιν (2 Corinthians 1:8
_FIRST GAVE THEMSELVES TO THE LORD 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-6:_ Paul made known to these brethren that he considered both the opportunity to give and their willingness to give to be of the grace of God. Phil...
ΠΑΡΆ (G3844) с _асс._ сверх, ΑΎΘΑΊΡΕΤΟΣ (G830) (ΑΎΤΟΣ и ΑΊΡΈΩ выбирать) избранный добровольно, по собственному желанию; то есть спонтанно и добровольно, по собственной инициативе, без принуждения (Wi...
DISCOURSE: 2032 LIBERALITY TO THE POOR 2 Corinthians 8:1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia; how that in a great trial of affliction the ab...
FOR TO—YEA, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER— This is a noble hyperbole; like that of Demosthenes, "I have performed all, even with an industry beyond mypower." The present and following verses are thus connect...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Commitment (2 Corinthians 8:1-7) 8 We want you to know, brethren, about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia, 2for in a severe test of aff...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Privilege of Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 8:1-6. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that...
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; THEY (WERE) WILLING - rather supply from , 'According to their power ... yea, and beyond their power...
17 Isa_52:11; LXX, with alterations. Paul is not misquoting from memory, as is usually supposed. He makes inspired alterations to suit the occasion. 2 What a tender yet cutting rebuke to the Corinthia...
_(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...
BEYOND _THEIR_ POWER.. OF THEMSELVES] Their giving was bountiful and spontaneous....
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...
THEY WERE WILLING OF THEMSELVES. — Literally, _spontaneously._ This was the point of excellence which he wished to indicate as an example to the Corinthians. Those of Macedonia needed no appeal or cou...
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...
αὐθαίρετοι μετὰ πολλ. παρακ. κ. τ. λ.: _of their own accord begging of us with much entreaty_ (the constr. is clumsy but perhaps unbroken; we should expect ἔδωκαν after αὐθαίρετοι, but the verb is fou...
ὅτι κατὰ δύναμιν κ. τ. λ.: _for according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power_. Field quotes a good parallel from Josephus, _Antt._, iii., 6. 1, who has κατὰ δύναμιν … παρὰ δύνα...
THE LIBERALITY OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES AN EXAMPLE TO CORINTH....
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...
VERSE 3 Before Paul had a chance to ask for a contribution, these people gave over and above their means....
(1) Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; (2) How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abound...
3._To their power, and even beyond their power. _When he says that they were _willing of themselves, _he means that they were, of their own accord, so well prepared for the duty, that they needed no e...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
FOR TO [THEIR] POWER, I BEAR RECORD,.... They gave according to their ability, to the utmost of it, which is the most that can be desired, or be given; for no man can give more than he has, nor is he...
For to _their_ power, I bear record, yea, and beyond _their_ power _they were_ willing of themselves; Ver. 3. _Yea, and beyond their power_] One such poor Macedonian might well shame a hundred rich C...
_For to their power_, &c. According to their ability, _yea, and beyond their_ ability; _they were willing of themselves_ Without our soliciting them. This, as Macknight justly observes, is no hyperbol...
OF THEMSELVES; without being entreated....
FOR TO THEIR POWER, I BEAR RECORD, YEA, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER THEY WERE WILLING OF THEMSELVES,...
PAUL'S TACTFUL APPEAL AND RECOMMENDATION. The example of the Macedonian churches:...
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...
1-6 The grace of God must be owned as the root and fountain of all the good in us, or done by us, at any time. It is great grace and favour from God, if we are made useful to others, and forward to a...
Two things the apostle commendeth in the charity of the churches of Macedonia: 1. The quantity of their gift, which, he saith, was TO THEIR POWER, YEA, (on his knowledge), BEYOND what they were able....
For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,...
2 Corinthians 8:3 For G3754 witness G3140 (G5719) according G2596 ability G1411 and G2532 beyond G5228 ability...
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...
‘For according to their power, I bear witness, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering...
2 Corinthians 8:3. FOR ACCORDING TO THEIR POWER, YEA, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER, _THEY GAVE _ OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. 2 Corinthians 8:4. BESEECHING US WITH MUCH ENTREATY. The apostle would hardly let them g...
BEYOND THEIR POWER (παρα δυναμιν). "Alongside" with accusative like υπερ δυναμιν in 2 Corinthians 1:8. Field (_Ot. Nov_.) quotes Josephus (_Ant_. iii. 6, 1) for κατα δυναμιν and παρα δυναμιν as her...
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...
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...
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...
AND EVEN MORE. "They outdid themselves in their giving, and it was of their own free will!...
_The grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia._ THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY I. True liberality is a Christian grace--as truly a grace as knowledge, diligence, and love. What light this throws...
_How that in a great trial … the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty._ THE POVERTY OF THE MACEDONIANS The condition of Greece in the time of Augustus was one of desolation and distress. It...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:2 NOT AS WE EXPECTED. God’s grace was shown since the Macedonians gave even though they were poor. GAVE THEMSELVES FIRST TO THE LORD. The Macedonians recommitted...
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...
_For to their power._. _. they were willing._ Of their own free will, without being solicited, they came forward and contributed as much as and more than they were able to afford. VER.4. _Praying us._...
_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...
1 Chronicles 29:13; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 29:9;...
They were willing [α υ θ α ι ρ ε τ ο ι]. The adjective stands alone. Only here and ver. 17. Lit., self - chosen, and so Rev., of their own accord....
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...
Three things are here recorded as the glory of the Macedonian's charity. (1.) It was profusely liberal, beyond their ability: TO THEIR POWER, YEA, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER, THEY WERE READY. Though, gen...