Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 8:13-14

οὐ γὰρ ἵνα κ. τ. λ.: for the collection is not made in order that there may be relief to others, i.e., to the Judæan Christians, and pressure to you, but by equality, your abundance at the present season being a supply for their want, that their abundance also may prove to be a supply for your want, sc., at some future time, that there may be equality, i.e., reciprocity. There is no thought here of Jerusalem giving spiritual benefits in return for the material benefits given by Corinth (cf. chap. 2 Corinthians 9:14 and Romans 15:27); what is meant is that if it ever came to the turn of Corinth to be poor, then it would be for Jerusalem to contribute for her support: Such an idea as that of the transference of the merits of the saints is, of course, quite foreign to the context.

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