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Verse 2 Corinthians 9:3. _YET HAVE I SENT THE BRETHREN_] Titus and his
companions, mentioned in the preceding chapter.
_THAT, AS I SAID, YE MAY BE READY_] And he wished them to be ready,
that they m...
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YET HAVE I SENT THE BRETHREN - The brethren referred to in 2
Corinthians 8:18, 2 Corinthians 8:22.
LEST OUR BOASTING OF YOU - That you were disposed to contribute, and
that you were already prepared,...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 9:1. On the general subject, the obligation to provide
assistance for God's people, there is no need for Paul to write to the
Corinthians. They have already acknowledged that obligation,...
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THE WILLING GIVER (2 Corinthians 9:1-5)...
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It is superfluous for me to write to you about this service designed
to help God's dedicated people, for I know your eagerness, about which
I have boasted for you to the Macedonians, for I have told t...
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HAVE. Omit.
SENT, Greek. _pempo._ App-174.
LEST. in order that (Greek. _hina)_. not, Greek _me._ App-105.
BOASTING. glorying. Greek. _kauchema._ See Romans 4:2.
IN VAIN. made void. Greek. _kenoo._...
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_Yet have I sent_ Although instructions to make the collection were
needless, it was not needless for me to send the brethren. See note on
2 Corinthians 9:1. For _I have sent_, the Greek has _I sent_....
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ἜΠΕΜΨΑ ΔΈ. This is the second point, the δέ of the μέν
in 2 Corinthians 9:1. BUT I AM SENDING (epistolary aorist, as in 2
Corinthians 8:17-18; 2 Corinthians 8:22) the brethren, that o
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1–5. The assistance to be rendered to the three delegates. What the
Corinthians have to give should be collected soon, so as to be ready
when S. Paul arrives....
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_BE PREPARED TO KEEP YOUR WORD 2 CORINTHIANS 9:1-4:_ Paul felt that it
was really unnecessary, because of the present state of mind of these
brethren, to write to them about the money they planned to...
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ΈΠΕΜΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992)
посылать. Эпистолярный _aor._, "я посылаю"
ΆΔΕΛΦΌΣ (G80) брат; здесь _pl._: братья.
Артикль обозначает ранее упомянутых,
ΤΌ ΎΠΈΡ ΎΜΏΝ по отношению к вам.
Арт...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Ministering To The Saints
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 9:1-5. For as touching the ministering to the saints, it
is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 for I know your readiness, o...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 4
Compulsion (2 Corinthians 9:1-7)
9 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for
the saints, -for I know your readiness, of which I boast about yo...
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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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_(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...
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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...
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YET HAVE I SENT THE BRETHREN... — This, then, was his purpose in the
new mission. He wanted the performance not to fall short of the
promise. They must be found ready, their money collected. (Comp. 1...
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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...
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ἔπεμψα δὲ τοὺς ἀδ. κ. τ. λ. _but_ (the δέ
corresponding to μέν of 2 Corinthians 9:1) _I have sent_ (the
epistolary aorist; _cf._ 2 Corinthians 8:18) _the brethren_ (_cf._ 2
Corint
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HE IS CONFIDENT OF THEIR READINESS TO GIVE; BUT TITUS AND HIS
COMPANIONS HAVE BEEN SENT ON, THAT THE COLLECTION MAY BE READY WHEN HE
ARRIVES AT CORINTH....
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“GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER”
2 Corinthians 9:1
Paul evidently had considerable anxiety about the collection at
Corinth for the starving saints at Jerusalem. He had started the idea,
not merely becau...
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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...
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VERSE 3 Titus and two other brethren (2 Corinthians 8:16-22) were sent
by Paul to take up the collection so that Paul's good words about the
Corinthian readiness would not prove empty....
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Titus, and two others....
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(1) For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous
for me to write to you: (2) For I know the forwardness of your mind,
for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was...
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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...
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3._But I have sent the brethren. _He now brings forward the reason —
why it is that, while entertaining a favorable opinion as to their
willingness, he, nevertheless, sets himself carefully to exhort...
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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...
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YET HAVE I SENT THE BRETHREN,.... Titus, and the other two mentioned
in the foregoing chapter: one manuscript reads, "we have sent"; and
the Ethiopic version, "they have sent", that is, the Macedonian...
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_Yet have I sent the brethren_ Above mentioned before me; _lest our
boasting of you should be in vain_ Lest you should be found
unprepared. To _make up beforehand_ To complete before my arrival;
_your...
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OUR BOASTING OF YOU; of their readiness liberally to contribute....
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PAUL'S FINAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION.
The example set by the readiness of the Corinthians:...
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YET HAVE I SENT THE BRETHREN, LEST OUR BOASTING OF YOU SHOULD BE IN
VAIN IN THIS BEHALF, THAT, AS I SAID, YE MAY BE READY,...
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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...
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1-5 When we would have others do good, we must act toward them
prudently and tenderly, and give them time. Christians should consider
what is for the credit of their profession, and endeavour to ador...
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I did not send the brethren so much to move you to this work, or
quicken you to it, for you yourselves purposed it a year ago, and
showed a forwardness in it; the motion proceeded from yourselves, and...
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But I have sent the brethren [Titus and the other two],_ that our
glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that,
even as I said, ye may be prepared:_...
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2 Corinthians 9:3 Yet G1161 sent G3992 (G5656) brethren G80 lest G3363
our G2257 boasting G2745 of G5228 you
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‘But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may
not be made void in this respect, so that, even as I said, you may be
prepared, lest by any means, if there come with me any of Mace...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 9:3. BUT I HAVE SENT THE BRETHREN, THAT OUR GLORYING ON
YOUR BEHALF MAY NOT BE MADE VOID IN THIS RESPECT (‘as if we had gone
too far in commending your eagerness'); THAT, EVEN AS I SAID,...
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I SENT
(επεμψα). Not literary plural with this epistolary aorist as in
2 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 9:22.THAT YE MAY BE PREPARED
(ινα παρεσκευασμενο ητε). Perfect passive
subjunctive in the f...
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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...
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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...
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NOW I AM SENDING. Paul is sending the three brothers he spoke about in
the previous chapter. They will go on ahead to be sure everything is
ready. Paul does not want his boast to become only empty wor...
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_As touching the ministering to the saints._
LIBERAL GIVING
I. Why does God call us to give?
1. He cannot need our gifts. We can give Him nothing that we did not
first get from Him.
2. It must be s...
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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...
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_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...
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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'
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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....
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1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 8:17; 2
Corinthians 8:6;...
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I have sent the above mentioned brethren before me....
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As confident and fully persuaded as the apostle was of the readiness
and willingness of mind that was found in the Corinthians towards this
charitable contribution, yet he judgeth it both expedient an...