Verse 2 McGarvey and Pendleton tell us that Macedonia had just been through three civil wars. They were so poor, their taxes had been lightened. The church was made even poorer by persecution (2 Thessalonians 1:4). They were put to the test by their affliction and poverty. But, they coupled this with their joy at receiving the gospel and gave abundantly, especially in light of their poverty.
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:2. _IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION_] The sense of this verse is the following: The Macedonians, though both poor and persecuted, rejoiced exceedingly that an opportunity was aff...
HOW THAT, IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION - When it might be supposed they were unable to give; when many would suppose they needed the aid of others; or when it might be supposed their minds would be...
II. THE MINISTRY OF GIVING. CHAPTER S 8-9 1. The Examples and Principles of Giving. CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Grace of God Manifested in the Churches of Macedonia. (2 Corinthians 8:1)_ 2. The Great Examp...
2 CORINTHIANS 8, 9. THE COLLECTION FOR POOR CHRISTIANS AT JERUSALEM. Paul attached the highest importance to this collection, to which he seems to have invited all the Gentile churches to contribute....
Brothers, we want you to know about the grace of God which was given in the Churches of Macedonia. We want you to know that even when they were going through a severe test of their faith when things w...
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
IN. Greek. _en_, as above. TRIAL. Greek. _dokime_. See Romans 5:4. AFFLICTION. Greek. _thlipsis._ See 2 Corinthians 8:14. DEEP POVERTY. Lit, poverty according to (Greek. _kata_. App-104.) depth. U...
_trial_ The Greek word is always used of that which has been tried and has stood the test See notes on 1 Corinthians 11:19 and James 1:12 in this series. The meaning here is that tribulation has broug...
ΤῸ ΠΛΟΥ͂ΤΟΣ (אBCP) rather than τὸν πλοῦτον (א3DFGKL). 2. ὍΤΙ ἘΝ ΠΟΛΛΗ͂Ι ΔΟΚΙΜΗ͂Ι ΘΛΊΨΕΩΣ. THAT IN MUCH PROOF _of affliction_. The ὅτι depends upon γνωρίζομεν. For δοκιμῇ see on 2 Corinthians 2:9 : but...
_FIRST GAVE THEMSELVES TO THE LORD 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-6:_ Paul made known to these brethren that he considered both the opportunity to give and their willingness to give to be of the grace of God. Phil...
ΔΟΚΙΜΉ (G1382) _dat. sing._ доказательство, проверка металла на подлинность (RWP). ΘΛΪ́ΨΙΣ (G2347) давление, огорчение, ΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΙΑ (G4050) изобилие, чрезмерность, прирост (LAE, 84). ΚΑΤΆ ΒΆΘΟΥΣ (G2...
DISCOURSE: 2032 LIBERALITY TO THE POOR 2 Corinthians 8:1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia; how that in a great trial of affliction the ab...
IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION— How ill-disposed the Macedonians in general were to the Christians, may be seen, Acts, 16-17. Instead of _abounded,_ some read _hath abounded._...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Commitment (2 Corinthians 8:1-7) 8 We want you to know, brethren, about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia, 2for in a severe test of aff...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Privilege of Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 8:1-6. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that...
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. TRIAL OF AFFLICTION - `in affliction which tested them;' lite...
17 Isa_52:11; LXX, with alterations. Paul is not misquoting from memory, as is usually supposed. He makes inspired alterations to suit the occasion. 2 What a tender yet cutting rebuke to the Corinthia...
THEIR DEEP POVERTY] The Christians of Macedonia were very poor, and so their liberality was all the more marked....
_(A) 8:1-9. THE EXAMPLE OF MACEDONIA_ 1-5. Paraphrase. 'I wish you to know how liberally and spontaneously the Churches of Macedonia have contributed to the relief of their fellow-disciples in Jerusa...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 Brothers, we want to tell you about the kindness that God showed to the churches in Macedonia. V2 Even when they wer...
IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION. — We do not know what is specially referred to, but a community of Christians in a heathen city was always exposed to trials of this kind, and the temper shown before b...
CHAPTER 20 THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY. 2 Corinthians 8:1 (R.V) WITH the eighth chapter begins the second of the three great divisions of this Epistle. It is concerned exclusively with the collection wh...
THE LIBERALITY OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES AN EXAMPLE TO CORINTH....
ὅτι ἐν πολλῇ δοκιμῇ κ. τ. λ.: _how that in much proof of affliction, i.e._, in spite of the severe afflictions by which they were tried, probably a reference to persecution and annoyance from their he...
STIMULATING TO LIBERALITY 2 Corinthians 8:1 Surely the plea for a generous gift of money toward the collection which Paul was making for the poor saints in Jerusalem, could not have been more tenderl...
The apostle now turned to the subject of the collection for the saints at Jerusalem, concerning which he had written in his previous letter 1 Corinthians 16:1). He cites the example of the churches in...
How that in a (b) great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. (b) For those manifold afflictions with which the Lord trie...
_Poverty hath abounded, &c. The sense seems to be, that in their great poverty, they shewed the riches of their simplicity, that is, of a sincere, willing, and charitable heart. (Witham)_...
(1) Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; (2) How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abound...
2._In much trial _— In other words, while they were tried with adversity, they, nevertheless, did not cease to rejoice in the Lord: nay, this disposition rose so high, as to swallow up sorrow; for the...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
HOW THAT IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION,.... The apostle proceeds to show the condition these churches were in when, and the manner in which, they contributed to the relief of others. They were in aff...
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. Ver. 2. _In a great trial of affliction_] For affliction tries...
_Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit_ Γνωριζομεν, _we make known to you; the grace of God_ The great degree of grace conferred by God; _on the churches of Macedonia_ Namely, of Philippi, Thessalonica...
THE ABUNDANCE OF THEIR JOY; their spiritual joy in Christ. This abounded unto the riches of their liberality by prompting them to give a richly liberal gift. THEIR DEEP POVERTY; this abounded unto the...
PAUL'S TACTFUL APPEAL AND RECOMMENDATION. The example of the Macedonian churches:...
HOW THAT IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION THE ABUNDANCE OF THEIR JOY AND THEIR DEEP POVERTY ABOUNDED UNTO THE RICHES OF THEIR LIBERALITY....
Chapter s 8 and 9 deal with the subject of proper care for poor saints on the part of the assembly. The wisdom and delicacy with which the apostle writes is both admirable and beautiful. He avoids abs...
1-6 The grace of God must be owned as the root and fountain of all the good in us, or done by us, at any time. It is great grace and favour from God, if we are made useful to others, and forward to a...
IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION; how great the afflictions of the churches in Macedonia were, both from the Jews and pagans, may be read in ACTS 16:1 and ACTS 17:1. Afflictions are called trials, becau...
how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. [The only Macedonian churches known to us were those at Philippi, T...
2 Corinthians 8:2 that G3754 in G1722 great G4183 trial G1382 affliction G2347 abundance G4050 their G846 joy G5
A PLEA CONCERNING THE PAYING OF THEIR ‘DEBT' TO THE JERUSALEM CHURCH BY MEANS OF ‘THE COLLECTION' WHICH WAS TO BE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE EXTREME POVERTY OF THE SAINTS IN THAT CHURCH AND WHICH WOULD ITS...
THE GENEROSITY OF THE CHURCHES OF MACEDONIA WITH REGARD TO THE COLLECTION (2 CORINTHIANS 8:1). ‘Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedo...
2 Corinthians 8:2. HOW THAT IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION the nature and severity of which may be gathered from the storm of opposition in which they rose into existence (Acts 16:12 to Acts 17:13, wi...
PROOF (δοκιμη). Tests as of metals as in 2 Corinthians 2:9.ABUNDANCE (περισσεια). Late word from περισσευω, to overflow.THEIR DEEP POVERTY (η κατα βαθους πτωχεια αυτων). Πτωχεια is old word from...
Although this is rather a practical than a spiritual chapter, I hope that we shall get profit out of it by the teaching of the Spirit of God who inspired Paul to write it. Paul was writing to the chur...
The apostle is writing concerning a certain collection which was being made for the poor saints of Jerusalem. It was from Jerusalem that the gospel had spread into Greece, and, therefore, those who ha...
CONTENTS: Collection for the poor. Exhortation concerning the grace of giving. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: Those who truly love the Lord Jesus Who became poor for our sakes, mak...
2 Corinthians 8:1. _Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God._ Better to say, It is requisite that I should apprise you of the grace that God has conferred on the churches of Macedonia...
SEVERELY TESTED. Compare 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:3-9. EXTREMELY GENEROUS. "In spite of the fact that they themselves were very poor (which coul
_How that in a great trial … the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty._ THE POVERTY OF THE MACEDONIANS The condition of Greece in the time of Augustus was one of desolation and distress. It...
_The grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia._ THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY I. True liberality is a Christian grace--as truly a grace as knowledge, diligence, and love. What light this throws...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1 Paul’s Appeal to the Repentant Church Regarding the Collection. In view of 2 Corinthians 7:2, Paul encourages t
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 8:2 NOT AS WE EXPECTED. God’s grace was shown since the Macedonians gave even though they were poor. GAVE THEMSELVES FIRST TO THE LORD. The Macedonians recommitted...
CHAPTER 8 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Corinthians to imitate the generosity of the Macedonian Christians in sending alms to the poor at Jerusalem. II. He points (ver. 9) to the exampl...
_How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy._ When greatly tried by sundry tribulations, they were very joyful. _And their deep poverty abounded._ Having sounded the depths of...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Observe: 1. 2 Corinthians 8:1 to 2 Corinthians 9:15 is one continuous section, concerned with the _completion_ of the Corinthian contribution to Paul’s great Jerusalem Christian Poor...
EXPOSITION Liberality shown by the Macedonian Churches (2 Corinthians 8:1). He is sending Titus to receive their contribution for the Church of Jerusalem, and he invites them to give according to the...
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit [or we would bring to your remembrance] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their...
1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:4;...
THE GRACE OF GIVING 2 Corinthians 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Lord lifts Christian liberality out of the mire of coercive necessity, into the realm of grace. As introductory to this sermon on giving...
In a great trial of affliction — Being continually persecuted, harassed, and plundered....