2 Corinthians 9:2

FOR I KNOW THE FORWARDNESS OF YOUR MIND, FOR WHICH I BOAST OF YOU TO THEM OF MACEDONIA, THAT ACHAIA WAS READY A YEAR AGO; AND YOUR ZEAL HATH PROVOKED VERY MANY.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:4

LEST HAPLY, IF THEY OF MACEDONIA COME WITH ME AND FIND YOU UNPREPARED, WE (THAT WE SAY NOT, YE) SHOULD BE ASHAMED IN THIS SAME CONFIDENT BOASTING. Paul's kind diplomacy and pastoral tact is evident in every line of this admonition. In an almost apologetic manner he writes: For so far as the ministr... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:5

THEREFORE I THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO EXHORT THE BRETHREN THAT THEY WOULD GO BEFORE UNTO YOU AND MAKE UP BEFOREHAND YOUR BOUNTY, WHEREOF YE HAD NOTICE BEFORE, THAT THE SAME MIGHT BE READY, AS A MATTER OF BOUNTY, AND NOT AS OF COVETOUSNESS.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:7

EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HE PURPOSES IN HIS HE ART, SO LET HIM GIVE; NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OF NECESSITY; FOR GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER. The apostle here states the exact business of the deputies whom he was sending: Therefore, namely, to obviate the danger spoken of in v. 4, he had believed it necessary... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:10

NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER BOTH MINISTER BREAD FOR YOUR FOOD, AND MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN, AND INCREASE THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,)... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:11

BEING ENRICHED IN EVERYTHING TO ALL BOUNTIFULNESS, WHICH CAUSETH THROUGH US THANKS GIVING TO GOD. The apostle is so full of his subject that his words gush forth in an overwhelming stream of praise for the manifold manifestations of God's grace in and through the Corinthians: God has power to make a... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:13

WHILES BY THE EXPERIMENT OF THIS MINISTRATION THEY GLORIFY GOD FOR YOUR PROFESSED SUBJECTION UNTO THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, AND FOR YOUR LIBERAL DISTRIBUTION UNTO THEM AND UNTO ALL MEN,... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Corinthians 9:15

THANKS BE UNTO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT! Paul here adds a final motive for their cheerful contribution, namely, that of the material and moral benefits which the brethren at Jerusalem would derive there from. The word which the apostle uses for service is that which is otherwise used for the for... [ Continue Reading ]

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