2 Corinthians 8:13 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 8:13

other men be eased = there should be ease or rest (Greek. anesis. See Acts 24:23 ) to others (Greek. allos. App-124 .) ye burdened = to you affliction, as in 2 Corinthians 8:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:13

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality.The thought here is not that the gifts of the Corinthians would ease the burden of the Macedonians in raising the collection, but that those now able to give might, in time, be themselves the ones in need, and that giving should be done as a recognition of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:13

13. For—Supply from :-, "I speak." My aim is not that others (namely, the saints at Jerusalem) may be relieved at the cost of your being "distressed" (so the Greek for "burdened"). The golden rule is, "Love thy neighbour as thyself," not more than thyself. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

III. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE POOR SAINTS IN JUDEA 8:1-9:15The New Testament reveals that Paul was actively collecting money for "the poor among the saints in Jerusalem" (Romans 15:26) for about five years (A.D. 52-57). He solicited funds from the Christians in Galatia (Acts 18:23; 1 Corinthians 16:1), Macedonia (Acts 19:22; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 9:4), Achaia (Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 8-9), and Asia Minor (Acts... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:8-15

B. The supreme motive for giving 8:8-15Paul cited the example of Jesus Christ’s gift of Himself for needy humanity to motivate his readers further to finish their work of assembling the collection. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:13-14

The objective in view was not making the Judean Christians rich and the Corinthian Christians poor. It was that there should be more equality than presently existed. In the future the Corinthians might be in need of help from other Christians who had more than they did. Then it would be their turn to receive. Paul viewed Christians as being brothers and sisters in a large family. As such we have a responsibility to care for each other.". . . the Scriptures avoid, on the one hand, the injustice... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

(a) 8:1-9. The Example of Macedonia1-5. Paraphrase. ’I wish you to know how liberally and spontaneously the Churches of Macedonia have contributed to the relief of their fellow-disciples in Jerusalem, having first of all presented themselves to God’s service.’1. Do you to wit] RV ’make known to you.’ The grace of God] the inspiration to give liberally. The churches of Macedonia] i.e. Philippi, Beroea, and Thessalonica, with, perhaps, others unknown to us: cp. Acts 16:12 to Acts 17:14; Acts... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 8:13

(13) For I mean not that other men be eased.—The disclaimer is obviously an answer to something that had been said. The “charity begins at home” argument, with which the workers in the cause of missions and other distant works of charity are but too familiar, would seem not to have been unknown in the Church of Corinth. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

The Charm of Christ 2 Corinthians 8:9 I would take the text as showing the God-nature in the self-giving of Christ. I. The Divine Plenitude. 'He was rich' carries us up into the relation of the Son to the Father, and into the wealth He shared as Son with the Father. We have now to try and realise some of the great things which are of the essence of Deity, and to remember that they belonged to the riches of Christ as sharing in the nature of the Godhead. What, then, are the riches of God? (1)... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Chapter 20THE GRACE OF LIBERALITY.2 Corinthians 8:1-15 (R.V)WITH the eighth chapter begins the second of the three great divisions of this Epistle. It is concerned exclusively with the collection which the Apostle was raising in all the Gentile Christian communities for the poor of the Mother Church at Jerusalem. This collection had great importance in his eyes, for various reasons: it was the fulfillment of his undertaking, to the original Apostles, to remember the poor; {Galatians 2:10} and... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 8:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:8-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 8:13-14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 8:13

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 8:1-24

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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