Verse 9
As it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth forever.
As it is written ... "This exact construction occurs twelve times in Romans, twice in 1Corinthians, and twice in this epistle (2 Corinthians 8:15 and here). Nowhere else does Paul use it."[17]
The Psalm Paul here quoted is Psalms 112:9, a passage which describes the blessedness of the man who fears God. As Hughes said, "The words read like the epitaph of a philanthropist."[18] Paul appealed to the passage here as additional motivation for giving.
[17] Wick Broomall, Wycliffe Bible Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1971), p. 679.
[18] Philip E. Hughes, op. cit., p. 332.
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