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2 CORINTHIANS 9:4 le,gw {B}
A majority of the Committee preferred to adopt the reading le,gw,
supported by î46 C* D G itar, d, g copsamss goth, and explained
le,gwmen as a scribal assimilatio...
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LEST HAPLY IF THEY OF MACEDONIA - If any of the Macedonians should
happen to come with me, and should find that you had done nothing. He
does not say that they would come with him, but it was by no me...
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2. EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. Further Exhortations to Liberality. (2 Corinthians 9:1)_
2. The Blessings Connected with Giving. (2 Corinthians 9:6 .)
Again he exhorts them to libe...
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2 Corinthians 9:1. On the general subject, the obligation to provide
assistance for God's people, there is no need for Paul to write to the
Corinthians. They have already acknowledged that obligation,...
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It is superfluous for me to write to you about this service designed
to help God's dedicated people, for I know your eagerness, about which
I have boasted for you to the Macedonians, for I have told t...
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THE WILLING GIVER (2 Corinthians 9:1-5)...
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LEST HAPLY. Lest by any means. Greek. _me pos_.
IF. App-118.
WITH. Greek. _sun._ App-104.
UNPREPARED. Greek. _aparaskeuastos._ Only here.
NOT. Greek _me._ App-105,I.
ASHAMED. Greek. _kataischuno....
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_lest haply_ The earlier editions have _happily_(_paraventure_,
Tyndale), with the same meaning as in the text.
_they of Macedonia_ We should rather say in English ANY MACEDONIANS.
From this it has b...
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ΛΈΓΩΜΕΝ (אBC2LP, f Vulg. Syrr. Copt.) rather than λέγω
CDFG, d e). After ὙΠΟΣΤΆΣΕΙ ΤΑΎΤΗΙ א3D3KLP, Syrr.
Arm., followed by the Rec. and A.V., add τῆς καυχήσεως,
which is doubtless a gloss from 2 Corin...
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1–5. The assistance to be rendered to the three delegates. What the
Corinthians have to give should be collected soon, so as to be ready
when S. Paul arrives....
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_BE PREPARED TO KEEP YOUR WORD 2 CORINTHIANS 9:1-4:_ Paul felt that it
was really unnecessary, because of the present state of mind of these
brethren, to write to them about the money they planned to...
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ΈΛΘΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа,
в котором условие рассматривается как
истинное,
ΕΎΡΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147)
находить,...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Ministering To The Saints
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 9:1-5. For as touching the ministering to the saints, it
is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 for I know your readiness, o...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 4
Compulsion (2 Corinthians 9:1-7)
9 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for
the saints, -for I know your readiness, of which I boast about yo...
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Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you
unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same
confident boasting.
IF THEY OF MACEDONIA - Greek, 'if Macedonians.'
U...
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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...
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_(C) 9:1-15. EXHORTATIONS TO GENEROUS GIVING_
There is no need to write to you about the purpose and necessity of
the collection, for your zeal in the matter is well known, and has
been used by me as...
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WE (THAT WE SAY NOT, YE)] He bids them realise how much he would be
ashamed before the Macedonian delegates if they were unprepared: at
the same time he suggests in passing that he is sure their own s...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 9
V1 I do not really need to write to you about help for other
Christians. V2 I know how eager you are to help. I have to...
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LEST HAPLY IF THEY OF MACEDONIA... — The Greek for “Macedonians”
has no article, and the word is meant to stir up something like an
_esprit de corps._ “Surely you Achaians won’t allow Macedonians to
c...
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CHAPTER 21
THE FRUITS OF LIBERALITY.
2 Corinthians 8:16; 2 Corinthians 9:1 (R.V)
THIS long passage has a good many difficulties of detail, for the
grammarian and the textual critic. Where it seems...
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μή πως ἐὰν ἔλθωσι κ. τ. λ.: _lest by any means, if
there come with me any of Macedonia_ (not “they of Macedonia,” as
A.V.; it is probably a fair inference from this verse that the unnamed
“brethren” o...
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HE IS CONFIDENT OF THEIR READINESS TO GIVE; BUT TITUS AND HIS
COMPANIONS HAVE BEEN SENT ON, THAT THE COLLECTION MAY BE READY WHEN HE
ARRIVES AT CORINTH....
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“GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER”
2 Corinthians 9:1
Paul evidently had considerable anxiety about the collection at
Corinth for the starving saints at Jerusalem. He had started the idea,
not merely becau...
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In concluding this subject of the collection for the saints the
apostle declares that he desires that their giving should be glad and
spontaneous. He excludes two methods of giving, "grudgingly," that...
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VERSE 4 Paul did not want to be ashamed, to say nothing of the shame
of Corinthians would feel, if one from Macedonia should come and find
their example not as good as the Macedonians' own gift....
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Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared,
we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same (a) confident
boasting.
(a) The word which he uses signifies a mind so s...
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(1) For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous
for me to write to you: (2) For I know the forwardness of your mind,
for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was...
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2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the
Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong
contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
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4._In this confidence _The Greek term being ὑπόστασις the
Old Interpreter has rendered it _substantiam _ _, _(_substance._)
(708) Erasmus renders it _argumentum _ _, _(_subject-matter,_) but
neither i...
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In the next Chapter the apostle (being on his way to Judea) exhorts
the Corinthians to prepare relief for the poor of Israel; sending
Titus that all might be ready as of a willing mind a disposition o...
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LEST HAPLY IF THEY OF MACEDONIA COME WITH ME,.... The apostle had
determined to come himself, though he was afterwards prevented by
Providence, but could not be certain of the coming of the Macedonian...
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Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in
vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you
unprepared, we...
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_Yet have I sent the brethren_ Above mentioned before me; _lest our
boasting of you should be in vain_ Lest you should be found
unprepared. To _make up beforehand_ To complete before my arrival;
_your...
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UNPREPARED-BE ASHAMED; if it should be found that no collection had
been made. Wise and good ministers exceedingly desire that Christians
should be prompt and liberal in their benefactions, and will b...
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PAUL'S FINAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION.
The example set by the readiness of the Corinthians:...
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LEST HAPLY, IF THEY OF MACEDONIA COME WITH ME AND FIND YOU UNPREPARED,
WE (THAT WE SAY NOT, YE) SHOULD BE ASHAMED IN THIS SAME CONFIDENT
BOASTING.
Paul's kind diplomacy and pastoral tact is evident in...
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Paul does not stress the rightness of their ministering to the saints:
this would be superfluous, for of this they were already persuaded,
and so expressed themselves, so that Paul had boasted to the...
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1-5 When we would have others do good, we must act toward them
prudently and tenderly, and give them time. Christians should consider
what is for the credit of their profession, and endeavour to ador...
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For if I should come, and any of the members of the churches of
Macedonia, who have heard me boasting of you as a people very forward
in this charitable work, and when they are come they should find y...
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lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you
unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this
confidence. [I have gloried or boasted concerning you in many...
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2 Corinthians 9:4 lest G3381 G4458 if G1437 Macedonians G3110 come
G2064 (G5632) with G4862 me G1698 and...
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‘But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may
not be made void in this respect, so that, even as I said, you may be
prepared, lest by any means, if there come with me any of Mace...
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FURTHER REASONS WHY THEY SHOULD REVEAL THEIR GENEROSITY (2 CORINTHIANS
9:1).
It is often noted that this chapter appears to repeat to some extent
the ideas in chapter 8, yet from a different angle, an...
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CONTENTS: Offering for the Jerusalem saints. Encouragement for givers.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Our return in blessings will be proportionate to what we
sow. Let our works of charit...
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2 Corinthians 9:1. _Touching the ministering to the saints_ in Judea,
_it is superfluous for me to write to you._ What a method of finding
the avenues of the heart. He knew their forwardness he had bo...
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AND FIND OUT. "We would all be ashamed, if we came and found you
unprepared!...
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_As touching the ministering to the saints._
LIBERAL GIVING
I. Why does God call us to give?
1. He cannot need our gifts. We can give Him nothing that we did not
first get from Him.
2. It must be s...
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CHAPTER 9
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He proceeds to stimulate the Corinthians to almsgiving by motives
of human shame and praise; he bids them not to be put to shame before
the liberality of the Mac...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 9:1—Connected, in word [περί, in both cases] and
in fact, with 1 Corinthians 15:1, which belongs to the initiation of
this “collection,” this “ministration” for the poor...
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EXPOSITION
Encouragement to the Corinthians to fulfil their promises by giving
speedily (2 Corinthians 9:1), amply (2 Corinthians 9:6), cheerfully (2
Corinthians 9:7), and thereby earn God'
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter nine.
Paul has been, in the last couple of Chapter s, talking to them about
the collection that he wanted them to take for the poor in Jerusalem....
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2 Corinthians 11:17; 2 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Corinthians 8:24; 2
Corinthians 9:2...
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Confident boasting [υ π ο σ τ α σ ε ι]. Primarily something
put under, foundation, ground; so substance (sub, stans, standing
under), substantial quality : thence steadiness, confidence. Compare
Hebre...