2 Corinthians 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

exhort. Greek parakaleo. App-134.

unto. Gr . eis. App-10.

make up beforehand. Greek. prokatartizo. Only here. Compare App-125.

bounty. blessing, Greek. eulogia. Translated "blessing" eleven times, "fair speech" Romans 16:18, and "bounty" here and 2 Corinthians 9:6. Compare Joel 2:14.Malachi 2:2, where the same word is used in the Septuagint

whereof ye had notice before. before notified. Greek. prokatangello. See Acts 3:18. The texts read proepangllo, which Occurs elsewhere only in Romans 1:2.

2 Corinthians 9:5

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty,a whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.