2 Corinthians 9:2

2 Corinthians 9:2

Administering the Gift

1 Now concerning ^athe ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

2 for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a ^ayear ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.

3 ^aYet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready;

4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this¹ confident boasting.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to¹ exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a² grudging obligation.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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ready a year ago—to send off the money, owing to the apostle's former exhortation (I Corinthians 16:1-2).

your zeal—Greek, "the zeal from you," that is, on your part; propagated from you to others.

provoked—that is, stimulated.

very many—Greek, "the greater number," namely, of the Macedonians.

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