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2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 u`ma/j {B}
The second person plural pronoun, which comports with the apostle’s
argument, is strongly supported by external evidence (î46 a B D F G L
P _al_). Since in later Greek t...
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Verse 2 Corinthians 8:9. _FOR YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST_] This was the strongest argument of all; and it is urged home
by the apostle with admirable address.
_YE KNOW_] Ye are acquai...
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FOR YE KNOW ... - The apostle Paul was accustomed to illustrate every
subject, and to enforce every duty where it could be done, by a
reference to the life and sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ. The...
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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, 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....
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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...
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KNOW. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.
JESUS CHRIST. App-98.
FOR YOUR SAKES. on account of (Greek. _dia._ App-106. 2 Corinthians
8:2) you.
BECAME POOR. Greek. _ptocheuo._ Only here. Compare App-127....
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_For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ_ In St Paul's eyes
"Christ is the reference for everything. To Christ's life and Christ's
Spirit St Paul refers all questions, both practical and specul...
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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...
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_THERE MUST BE A WILLING MIND 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-12:_ The Corinthian
brethren seemed to have thought of themselves as abounding in faith,
utterance, knowledge, diligence, and in love. Paul now encourag...
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ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097)
знать, ΔΙ' = ΔΙΑ (G1223) с _асс._ из-за.
ΈΠΤΏΧΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΤΩΧΈΎΩ (G4433)
быть бедным; inch, _aor._, становиться
бедным, доходить до преде...
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DISCOURSE: 2034
THE GRACE OF CHRIST
2 Corinthians 8:9. _Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through
his poverty might be r...
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YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD, &C.— Rather, _the munificence,_ or
_liberality;_— the signification wherein St. Paul uses the word
χαρις frequently in this chapter. Heylin renders it, _the
bounty._...
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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...
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty
might be rich.
YE KNOW THE GRACE - the gratuitous love wher...
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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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8:9 *his* (c-25) The 'his' is emphatic. 'the poverty of such a one as
he.'...
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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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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 were...
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YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. — The meaning of the
word “grace” appears slightly modified by the context. The
theological sense of the word, so to speak, falls into the background,
and t...
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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...
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HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
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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 tender...
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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 9 Paul could not think of giving without thinking of Jesus'
great sacrifice. He gave up heaven and its riches to come to earth and
die for us (1 Peter 1:4-8; Hebrews 2:9)....
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(4) For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he
was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his
poverty might be rich.
(4) The fourth argument taken from the exam...
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(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...
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9._For ye know the grace. _Having made mention of love, he adduces
Christ as an all perfect and singular pattern of it. “Though he was
rich,” says he, “he resigned the possession of all blessings, tha...
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_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or
previous Chapter s._...
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FOR YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS,.... This is a new argument,
and a very forcible one to engage to liberality, taken from the
wonderful grace and love of Christ, displayed in his state of
humil...
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty
might be rich.
Ver. 9. _He became poor_] Not having where to l...
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_For ye know_ And this knowledge is the true source of love; _the
grace_ The most sincere, most free, and most abundant love; _of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich_ (1st,) In the glories...
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HE WAS RICH; in all the glories of the Godhead in heaven.
HE BECAME POOR; by leaving the glory he had with the Father before the
creation, being born of a virgin in a stable, and cradled in a manger;...
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A proof of their love for Christ:...
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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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7-9 Faith is the root; and as without faith it is not possible to
please God, Hebrews 11:6, so those who abound in faith, will abound in
other graces and good works also; and this will work and show...
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FOR YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; call to mind the free
love of your Lord and Master Jesus Christ, which you know, believing
the gospel, which gives you a true account of it, and having...
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty
might become rich. [In making liberality the test of love, Paul...
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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus First Homily
He found no place, who by His word established heaven and earth; "for
though He was rich, for our sakes He became poor,"[37]
Fragments from Peter of Alexandr...
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2 Corinthians 8:9 For G1063 know G1097 (G5719) grace G5485 our G2257
Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 that G3754 was G5607 (G5752) rich
G4145 for G1223 your G5209 sakes G1223 poor G4433 (G5656) tha...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 8:9. FOR YE KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THAT, THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKES BECAME POOR, THAT YE
THROUGH HIS POVERTY MIGHT BECOME RICH. We have here an example of t...
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THOUGH HE WAS RICH
(πλουσιος ων). Concessive present participle ων from
ειμ, to be.BE BECAME POOR
(επτωχευσεν). Ingressive aorist active indicative of
πτωχευω (see verse 2 Corinthians 8:2 on πτωχ...
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2 Corinthians 8:9
Christ's Privations a Meditation for Christians.
I. What is meditating on Christ? it is simply this, thinking
habitually and constantly of Him, and of His deeds and sufferings.
Chr...
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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, ma...
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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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FOR YOU KNOW. "Think of the example which Christ set for us!" Compare
Philippians 2:5-11....
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_For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was
rich._
WHAT WE KNOW THROUGH KNOWING THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
I. How do we know it. “Ye know.”
1. There are records whic...
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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 the church to complete the collection that they
ha...
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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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_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 Poo...
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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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1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:47; 1 Corinthians 3:21; 1
Corinthians 3:22; 1 Timothy 6:18; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 2 Corinthians
6:10; Colossians 1:16;...
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He became poor [ε π τ ω χ ε υ σ ε ν]. Only here in the New
Testament. Primarily of abject poverty, beggary (see on Matthew 5:3),
though used of poverty generally. "Became poor" is correct, though
some...
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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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For ye know — And this knowledge is the true source of love. The
grace — The most sincere, most free, and most abundant love. He
became poor — In becoming man, in all his life; in his death. Rich
— In...
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Here we have the grand motive used by the apostle to excite their
charity, namely, the example of Christ, who impoverished himself to
enrich us, and emptied himself to fill us; therefore should we be...