“ For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: ”
For I mean not that other men be eased ... - I do not intend that others should be eased in order to relieve you. Literally, “Not that there should be rest ( ἄνεσις anesis, a letting loose;...
(7) For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: (7) Christian liberality is mutual, so that one does not have too much, and the other to little.
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 contribut...
other men be eased . there should be ease or rest (Greek. anesis. See Acts 24:23 ) to others (Greek. allos. App-124.) ye burdened . to you affliction, as in 2 Corinthians 8:2 .
13. Not that others. This is a confirmation of the preceding statement — that a readiness of will is well-pleasing to God alike in poverty and in wealth, inasmuch as God does not mean that w...
DISCOURSE: 2035 LIBERALITY ENCOURAGED 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 . I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for th...
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: That other men be eased - I do not design that you should impoverish yourselves in order that others may live affluently.
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: For - supply from 2 Corinthians 8:8 , "I speak." My aim is not that the saints at Jerusalem be relieved at the cost of your being 'di...
(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 Jer...
For I mean not that other men be eased. — The disclaimer is obviously an answer to something that had been said. The “charity begins at home” argument, with which the workers in the cause of missio...
Chapter 20 THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY. 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 (R.V) WITH the eighth chapter begins the second of the three great divisions of this Epistle. It is concerned exclusively with the coll...
Stimulating to Liberality 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 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 mor...
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 16:1-24 ). He cites the example of the churc...
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 r...
For I mean not that other men be eased and you burdened. Referring either to the givers; and that either to the richer and meaner sort in this church; the apostle's sense being, not to put the whol...
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: Ver. 13. And you burdened ] Gr. θλιψις, pinched or pressed, viz. with poverty.
I mean not that other men Those who are now in want; should be eased Plentifully supplied; and ye be burdened Straitened to relieve them; that is, that ease should be to the brethren in Judea,...
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 ab...
Charity Urged. A. D. 57. 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance...
I do not press you to such proportions in giving as should make your afflicted brethren rich, and you poor.
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 I...
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 Christi...
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 chu...
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 Macedo...
For I mean not that other men should be eased and ye burdened. Christian liberality I. The spirit in which Paul urged it. The apostle spoke strongly: not in the way of coercion, but of counsel...
EXPOSITION Liberality shown by the Macedonian Churches ( 2 Corinthians 8:1-47 ). He is sending Titus to receive their contribution for the Church of Jerusalem, and he invites them to give accord...
The principle of equality:
Acts 4:34 ; Romans 15:26 ; Romans 15:27
The Grace of Giving 2 Corinthians 8:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Lord lifts Christian liberality out of the mire of coercive necessity, into the realm of grace. As introductory to this sermon o...