2 Corinthians 8
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2 Corinthians 8:8-13

8I 1am not speakingG3004 this as a commandG2003, but as provingG1381 throughG1223 the earnestnessG4710 of othersG2087 the sincerityG1103 of your loveG26 alsoG2532.

9For you knowG1097 2the graceG5485 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, that 3though He was richG4145, yet for your sakeG1223 He becameG4433 poorG4434, soG2443 that you through His povertyG4432 might becomeG4147 richG4147.

10I 4giveG1325 my opinionG1106 in thisG3778 matter, for thisG3778 is to your advantageG4851, whoG3748 were the firstG4278 to beginG4278 5a yearG4070 agoG4070 not onlyG3440 to doG4160 this, but alsoG2532 to desireG2309 to do it.

11But nowG3570 finishG2005 6doingG4160 it alsoG2532, soG3779 that justG2509 as there was the 7readinessG4288 to desireG2309 it, soG3779 there may be alsoG2532 the completionG2005 of it by your abilityG2192.

12For ifG1487 the readinessG4288 is presentG4295, it is acceptableG2144 8accordingG2526 to what a person hasG2192, not accordingG2526 to what he does not haveG2192.

13For this is not for the easeG425 of othersG243 and for your afflictionG2347, but by wayG1537 of equalityG2471--

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 8:8 1 Cor 7:6 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 8:9 2 Cor 13:14 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Matt 20:28; 2 Cor 6:10; Phil 2:6f ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 8:10 1 Cor 7:25, 40 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 8:10 1 Cor 16:2f; 2 Cor 9:2 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Lit the doing ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 8:11 2 Cor 8:12, 19; 9:2 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 8:12 Mark 12:43f; Luke 21:3, 4; 2 Cor 9:7 ↩

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 8

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