Text -- 2 Corinthians 8:1-6 (NET)

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, 8:2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. 8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, 8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints. 8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God. 8:6 Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Co 8:1

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

NET Notes: 2Co 8:2

¹ tn Or “riches.”

NET Notes: 2Co 8:3

¹ tn Or “spontaneously.”

NET Notes: 2Co 8:4

¹ tn Or “of ministering to.”

NET Notes: 2Co 8:6

¹ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.

² tn Or “we exhorted.”

³ tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.

⁴ tn Grk “this grace.”