So there may be a performance. Lucian's lines are well known: "Sweeter is grace that is prompt;
If slow is the hand that bestows,
Its grace becomes empty and vain
And title to grace must resign."
And again: "He double gives who promptly gives."
Verse 2 Corinthians 8:11. _A READINESS TO WILL, SO_ THERE MAY BE _A PERFORMANCE_] Ye have _willed_ and _purposed_ this; now _perform_ it. _OUT OF THAT WHICH YE HAVE._] Give as God has _enabled_ you;...
AS THERE WAS A READINESS TO WILL - Now accomplish the thing, and be not satisfied with having begun it. Do not suppose that the intention was sufficient, or that you are now released from the obligati...
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....
AN APPEAL FOR GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)...
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...
PERFORM. Samaritan Pentateuch word as "finish", 2 Corinthians 8:6. DOING. doing also. READINESS. Greek. _prothumia._ See Acts 17:11. WILL. Greek. thelo, as 2 Corinthians 8:10
_Now therefore perform the doing of it_ The words _perform, performance_, in this verse should rather be rendered COMPLETE, COMPLETION. See ch. 2 Corinthians 7:1, where the participle of the same verb...
ΝΥΝῚ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΤῸ ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ ἘΠΙΤΕΛΈΣΑΤΕ. BUT NOW COMPLETE THE DOING ALSO, _that as there was_ THE _readiness to will, so there may_ BE THE COMPLETION ALSO ACCORDING TO YOUR MEANS. Νυνί is more precise tha...
EXHORTATIONS AND INDUCEMENTS TO GIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS He is a sensitive man dealing with sensitive people; and he points out that he is not giving orders, which are not needed and would mar t...
_THERE MUST BE A WILLING MIND 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-12:_ The Corinthian brethren seemed to have thought of themselves as abounding in faith, utterance, knowledge, diligence, and in love. Paul now encourag...
ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Здесь в _знач._ "предприятие" (Furnish; Martin). Артикулированный _inf._ используется как dir. _obj._ от гл. ΕΠΙΤΕΛΈΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΕΛΈ...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Credibility (2 Corinthians 8:8-15) 8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. 9For you know the grace of o...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Principles Regulating Giving Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 8:7-15. But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to...
Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. PERFORM - `but now also complete the doing' (note, ). A...
7 Is it not remarkable that Macedonia, poverty stricken, in the midst of extreme affliction, deterred from contributing by Paul, entreats for the privilege as a favor, while Corinth, undoubtedly far r...
PERFORM] better, 'make perfect.'...
_(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...
PARAPHRASE. 'In saying this I am not laying a command upon you, for you have already manifested the spirit and practised the duty of giving this twelvemonth past. (11) Complete the offering according...
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...
NOW THEREFORE PERFORM THE DOING. — Better, _complete the doing:_ to “perform the doing” being open, in the modern use of the word, to the charge of tautology. All the English versions, however, have “...
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...
HE COUNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY....
νυνὶ δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _but now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be also the completion in accordance with your ability_ : ἐκ τοῦ ἐχεῖν = καθὸ ἄν ἔχῃ of 2 Cori...
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...
VERSE 11 They had promised to do a certain work and Paul was pleading with them to keep that promise....
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. (11) Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a re...
11._Now what ye have begun to do. _It is probable, that the ardor of the Corinthians had quickly cooled down: otherwise they would, without any delay, have prosecuted their purpose. The Apostle, howev...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
NOW THEREFORE PERFORM THE DOING OF IT,.... This is a conclusion from the former advice, to finish what was readily willed; for as it is not enough to do a thing, unless it is done cheerfully and willi...
Now therefore perform the doing _of it_; that as _there was_ a readiness to will, so _there may be_ a performance also out of that which ye have. Ver. 11. _Now therefore perform_] Unless our willing...
_And herein_ In this matter; _I give my advice_ That to finish your collection immediately is for your reputation, who have formerly begun, not only to make the collection, but also to manifest a rema...
The principle of equality:...
NOW, THEREFORE, PERFORM THE DOING OF IT, THAT, AS THERE WAS A READINESS TO WILL, SO THERE MAY BE A PERFORMANCE ALSO OUT OF THAT WHICH YE HAVE....
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...
10-15 Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to behold, and give hopes of good fruit; but they are lost, and signify nothing without good deeds. Good beginnings are well; but we lose the...
Ye showed yourselves some time since free to will the thing which I am now pressing you unto, you have now opportunity to do it, and the example of other churches going before you in the doing of it;...
But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability....
2 Corinthians 8:11 but G1161 now G3570 also G2532 complete G2005 (G5657) doing G4160 (G5658) that G3704
‘But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man h...
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...
2 Corinthians 8:11. BUT NOW COMPLETE THE DOING ALSO; THAT AS _there was_ THE READINESS TO WILL, SO _there may be_ THE COMPLETION ALSO OUT OF YOUR ABILITY ‘according to your means.'...
THE READINESS TO WILL (η προθυμια του θελειν). Old word from προθυμος (προ, θυμος), forwardness, eagerness (Acts 17:11). They were quick to pledge.THE COMPLETION ALSO (κα το επιτελεσα). The finis...
2 Corinthians 8:11 Performance. Consider: I. Promises in relation to the kingdom of heaven. Men do not like to lose sight of the beautiful city of God. They like to feel some sort of connection with...
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...
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...
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...
ON WITH IT, THEN! The TEV brings out the emphatic NOW! "You volunteered and made a beginning of it. Finish it up!!!...
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
_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...
Out of that which ye have [ε κ τ ο υ ε χ ε ι ν]. Wrong. Meyer justly remarks that it would be an indelicate compliment to the inclination of the readers, that it had originated from their possession....
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...