2 Corinthians 9:1
To write to you — Largely.... [ Continue Reading ]
To write to you — Largely.... [ Continue Reading ]
I boast to them of Macedonia — With whom he then was.... [ Continue Reading ]
I have sent the above mentioned brethren before me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Spoken of before — By me, to the Macedonians. Not as a matter of covetousness — As wrung by importunity from covetous persons.... [ Continue Reading ]
He that soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly; he that soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully — A general rule. God will proportion the reward to the work, and the temper whence it proceeds.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of necessity — Because he cannot tell how to refuse.... [ Continue Reading ]
How remarkable are these words! Each is loaded with matter and increases all the way it goes. All grace — Every kind of blessing. That ye may abound to every good work — God gives us everything, that we may do good therewith, and so receive more blessings. All things in this life, even rewards, are,... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath scattered abroad — (A generous word.) With a full hand, without any anxious thought which way each grain falls. His righteousness — His beneficence, with the blessed effects of it. Remaineth for ever — Unexhausted, God still renewing his store. Psalms 112:9... [ Continue Reading ]
And he who supplieth seed — Opportunity and ability to help others. And bread — All things needful for your own souls and bodies. Will continually supply you with that seed, yea, multiply it to you more and more. And increase the fruits of your righteousness — The happy effects of your love to God a... [ Continue Reading ]
Which worketh by us thanksgiving to God — Both from us who distribute, and them who receive, your bounty.... [ Continue Reading ]
Your avowed subjection — Openly testified by your actions. To all men — Who stand in need of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
His unspeakable gift — His outward and inward blessings, the number and excellence of which cannot he uttered.... [ Continue Reading ]