2 Corinthians 9:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

CRITICAL NOTES2 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 “saints” of the Church at Jerusalem, as this does to the conclusion of the financial effort. Superfluous.—Yet he had been dealing with it, in chap, 8, and here urges motives to liberality (2 Corinthians 9:6 sqq.). Was there no need to speak of it? Was this Christian simplicity of truth? Yes (see... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:8

2 Corinthians 9:8 The All-ability of God. I. God is able to make all grace abound. Then surely He is able to rule the world He has created and still creates. He is the God of creation, and not its servant. He can get behind all the points that are visible to us, and without altering the order of nature, He can produce what change He desires. We may therefore ask Him to give us what we think would be good for us. This will be one of the practical results of the full belief in the all-ability of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter nine.Paul has been, in the last couple of chapters, talking to them about the collection that he wanted them to take for the poor in Jerusalem. The church in Jerusalem had gone through a lot of problems, severe persecution. And the Christians in Jerusalem were in great physical need. And so, Paul is asking the Gentile churches to show their love in the body of Christ for their brothers in Jerusalem by sending an offering by his hand to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

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 boasted of it in Macedonia. Being himself the model of every virtue, he had their hearts, and their cash at his command. Opulent Corinth being a proverb, he was the bolder to glean in Boaz’s field. 2 Corinthians 9:3 . Yet have I sent the brethren. Though he knew the power of charity, yet he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 9:7-8

2 Corinthians 9:7-8Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;… for God loveth a cheerful giver.A cheerful giver beloved of GodI. What is meant by a cheerful giver? To be this one must--1. Give proportionately, for cheerful givers reckon how much as good stewards is expected from them. If giving the tenth of one’s income to the Lord were a duty under the Jewish, much more is it so now under the Christian dispensation. But the Jew, with his free-will offerings, etc.,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:8

8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things , may abound to every good work: Ver. 8. And God is able ] Fear not therefore lest yourselves should want hereafter, if you should give liberally now. Is not mercy as sure a grain as vanity? Is God like to break? Having all sufficiency ] He saith not, "superfluity." Enough we shall be sure of, and an honest affluence, if fit for it, and can make us friends with it. Bonus Deus... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Corinthians 9:8

God: 2 Chronicles 25:9, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 11:24, Proverbs 28:27, Haggai 2:8, Malachi 3:10, Philippians 4:18 all grace: 2 Corinthians 8:19, 1 Peter 4:10 always: 2 Corinthians 9:11, 1 Chronicles 29:12-2 Chronicles : may: 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 8:7, Acts 9:36, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 2:10, Colossians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 2 Timothy 3:17, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:10 - because 1 Chronicles 29:9 - they... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:How remarkable are these words! Each is loaded with matter and increases all the way it goes.All grace — Every kind of blessing.That ye may abound to every good work — God gives us everything, that we may do good therewith, and so receive more blessings. All things in this life, even rewards, are, to the faithful, seeds in order to a future harvest. Proverbs... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

3. And he exhorts them to make a liberal contribution, 2 Corinthians 8:1 to 2 Corinthians 9:15. a. By the Macedonian example, 2 Corinthians 8:1-8 . St. Paul, as above remarked, hoped to win the Corinthians to himself only by bringing them to a higher plane of piety; and as they have so done and come into his full confidence, as noted last verse, he now draws them out to self-sacrifice in behalf of Christianity. “No man,” said Captain Webb, our early soldier preacher, “is fully converted,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 9:8

8. God is able To him who dreads that giving will impoverish him, Paul speaks a word of faith in God. All grace All blessing, temporal and spiritual. His grace can make the bountiful giver as rich as Dives without his Hades; or if he is left as poor as Lazarus, can compensate him with Paradise. Sufficiency Ability for giving. read more

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