2 Coríntios 9
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2 Coríntios 9:1
It is superfluous, but in order to demonstrate his diligence, it was necessary for Paul to write like this, so that they would be all the more willing to do what they were asked and to embody the truth they were being taught. For superfluities tend to show greater concern. Our Lord did not doubt Peter's love for him, but even so he asked the apostle three times: "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" This repetition may seem to be superfluous, but it contributed to the perfecting of the admonition. At length Peter would learn from it that he must act with great diligence. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:2
The other churches followed after Corinth. When they heard that a church which had previously been involved in many errors had put them right, they were moved to good works. After accepting the faith and then behaving badly, they began to have this desire to improve. How much more then ought others, in whom such vices were not present, do so as well? — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:3
Paul often reminds the Corinthians of his care for them by saying this kind of thing, so that they will not feel frustrated. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:4
It is obvious that if Paul arrives and finds that the Corinthians are not what they have been expected to be, he will be chagrined and they will feel even more frustrated. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:5
Paul was not asking Titus and his colleagues to go to Corinth as if they were not willing to do so, but in order to prove his love for them. Titus and his friends wanted to go, and Paul is urging them to do so without delay. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:6
Paul is referring to misers when he talks about people who sow sparingly. He says this here because the Corinthians had promised to send something and had subsequently backtracked. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:7
Paul is teaching them that if they give with a cheerful heart they will be storing up treasure for future use in heaven. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:8
Paul points out that the grace of God is present in them. Just as it has led their hearts to amend their faults and accept the truth of Christian teaching, so it will assist them, once they have begun, to abound in every good work. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:9
If the righteousness of a man who gives to the poor endures forever, how much more will this be true of a man who gives to the saints. For the poor are obvious to all, but the saints are known only to those who can discern them, for they are servants of God who are constant in prayer and fasting and who lead a pure life. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:12
It is not only those who have been delivered from beggary to the service of God who rejoice but all those who see the want being supplied. Thus it is that what is given to a few redounds in praises given by the many to God. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 9:13
By this service Paul and his companions are testing the Corinthians' attitude and magnifying the Lord. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES