2 Corinthians 8:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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. He valued it not merely for the relief it would bring to the deep poverty of the Christians at Jerusalem, but also as a means of eliciting generosity in the churches to which he appealed, and as a symbol of that binding unity in which all” the churches of God in Christ “ were held together. He... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:9

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; call to mind the free love of your Lord and Master Jesus Christ, which you know, believing the gospel, which gives you a true account of it, and having in your own souls experienced the blessed effects of it: He was rich, being the Heir of all things, the Lord of the whole creation, Hebrews 1:2, all things were put under his feet. Yet for your sakes he became poor; yet that he might accomplish the work of your redemption, and purchase his Father’s... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

CRITICAL NOTESObserve: 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 Relief Fund. Mentioned 1 Corinthians 16:1. where see for this Collection generally. 2. The section is characterised by a specialised use of χάρις (= grace, generally, but here also) “gift,” or “bounty,” as in 1 Corinthians 16:3 (2 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 8:6-7; 2 Corinthians... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:9

2 Corinthians 8:9 Christ's Privations a Meditation for Christians. I. What is meditating on Christ? it is simply this, thinking habitually and constantly of Him, and of His deeds and sufferings. Christ is gone away; He is not seen; we never saw Him, we only read and hear of Him. We must recall to mind what we read in the Gospels and in holy books about Him; we must bring before us what we have heard in church; we must pray God to enable us to do so, to bless the doing so, and to make us do so... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Corinthians 8:9

DISCOURSE: 2034THE GRACE OF CHRIST2 Corinthians 8:9. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.THE excellence of Christianity with respect to the mysteries it reveals, and the precepts it inculcates, is generally acknowledged; but few see it with respect to the motives by which it enforces the performance of our duty. But in this last respect it differs as widely from all other religions as... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:9

The Condescension of Christ A Sermon (No. 151) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September 13, 1857, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich" 2 Corinthians 8:9 . THE APOSTLE, in this chapter, was endeavoring to stir up the Corinthians to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

Chapter 8Moreover, 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 joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality ( 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 ).And so, though they were impoverished themselves, they were extremely liberal. They say that poor people usually give much more to the poor than do wealthy people, because the poor people... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

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. Though planted but a few years before, they stood and flourished in every grace; and now their laudable contributions were extended to the poor of distant churches. Truly, he that loveth not, knoweth not God. Worthily are all those fine elucidations of the heart, and liberalities called “the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 8:9

2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich.What we know through knowing the grace of our Lord Jesus ChristI. How do we know it. “Ye know.”1. There are records which establish the fact--the gospels, epistles, etc., the burden of all of which is, “He was rich, yet for your sakes,” etc. The contents may be classified thus--(1) Earthly facts in the realm of history (Acts 10:38).(2) Antecedent facts in the realm of testimony (John 16:28).(3) The meaning... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:9

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. Ver. 9. He became poor ] Not having where to lay his head, nor wherewith to pay tribute, till he had sent to sea for it. Lo, he that was heir of all things, Hebrews 1:2 , was scarcely owner of anything, but disenriched and disrobed himself of all, that through his poverty he might crown us with the inestimable riches of heavenly glory; this... read more

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