Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 8:19

οὐ μόνον δὲ ἀλλὰ κ. τ. λ.: and not only so, but who was also appointed (χειροτονεῖν is, strictly, to vote by a show of hands, and hence it came to mean “to elect”) by the Churches, i.e., all the local congregations interested, as our fellow traveller in the matter of this grace (reading ἐν; see crit. note), sc., this contribution of money (see 2 Corinthians 8:6-7; 1 Corinthians 16:3), which is being ministered by us to exhibit the glory of the Lord (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:15), and our readiness. The MS. evidence requires us to read ἡμῶν, but it must be confessed that ἡμῶν is rather what we should expect, especially as προθυμία in 2 Corinthians 8:11 and in 2 Corinthians 9:2 is applied to the Corinthians and not to St. Paul; a plausible conjecture would be κατὰ προθυμίαν ἡμῶν for καὶ προθ. ἡμ., but the words give an intelligible sense as they stand (see Galatians 2:10).

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2 Corinthians 8:19

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