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Text -- 2 Corinthians 9:3 (NET)

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9:3 But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: 2Co 9:3 - -- I sent ( epempsa ). Not literary plural with this epistolary aorist as in 18, 22.

I sent ( epempsa ).

Not literary plural with this epistolary aorist as in 18, 22.

Robertson: 2Co 9:3 - -- That ye may be prepared ( hina pareskeuasmenoi ēte ). Perfect passive subjunctive in the final clause, "that ye may really be prepared,""as I said"...

That ye may be prepared ( hina pareskeuasmenoi ēte ).

Perfect passive subjunctive in the final clause, "that ye may really be prepared,""as I said"(kathōs elegon ) and not just say that ye are prepared. Paul’ s very syntax tells against them.

Wesley: 2Co 9:3 - -- I have sent the above mentioned brethren before me.

I have sent the above mentioned brethren before me.

JFB: 2Co 9:3 - -- We should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived.

We should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived.

JFB: 2Co 9:3 - -- (2Co 8:18, 2Co 8:22) --Titus and the two others.

(2Co 8:18, 2Co 8:22) --Titus and the two others.

JFB: 2Co 9:3 - -- "should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (2Co 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition.

"should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (2Co 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition.

JFB: 2Co 9:3 - -- As I was saying (2Co 9:2).

As I was saying (2Co 9:2).

Clarke: 2Co 9:3 - -- Yet have I sent the brethren - Titus and his companions, mentioned in the preceding chapter

Yet have I sent the brethren - Titus and his companions, mentioned in the preceding chapter

Clarke: 2Co 9:3 - -- That, as I said, ye may be ready - And he wished them to be ready, that they might preserve the good character he had given them: this was for their...

That, as I said, ye may be ready - And he wished them to be ready, that they might preserve the good character he had given them: this was for their honor; and if they did not take care to do so, he might be reputed a liar; and thus both they and himself be ashamed before the Macedonians, should any of them at this time accompany him to Corinth.

Calvin: 2Co 9:3 - -- 3.But I have sent the brethren He now brings forward the reason — why it is that, while entertaining a favorable opinion as to their willingness, h...

3.But I have sent the brethren He now brings forward the reason — why it is that, while entertaining a favorable opinion as to their willingness, he, nevertheless, sets himself carefully to exhort them. “I consult,” says he, “my own good name and yours; for while I promised in your name, we would, both of us in common, incur disgrace, if words and deeds did not correspond. Hence you ought to take my fears in good part.”

TSK: 2Co 9:3 - -- have : 2Co 9:4, 2Co 7:14, 2Co 8:6, 2Co 8:17-24 ye may : 2Co 9:5; 1Co 16:1-4; Tit 3:1

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Co 9:3 - -- Yet have I sent the brethren - The brethren referred to in 2Co 8:18, 2Co 8:22-23. Lest our boasting of you - That you were disposed to co...

Yet have I sent the brethren - The brethren referred to in 2Co 8:18, 2Co 8:22-23.

Lest our boasting of you - That you were disposed to contribute, and that you were already prepared, and that the contribution was ready.

Should be in vain - Lest anything should have occurred to prevent the collection. I have sent them that they may facilitate it, and that it may be secure and certain.

In this behalf - In this respect. That is, lest our boasting of you, in regard to your readiness to contribute to relieve the needs of others, should be found to have been ill-grounded.

Poole: 2Co 9:3 - -- I did not send the brethren so much to move you to this work, or quicken you to it, for you yourselves purposed it a year ago, and showed a forwardn...

I did not send the brethren so much to move you to this work, or quicken you to it, for you yourselves purposed it a year ago, and showed a forwardness in it; the motion proceeded from yourselves, and you showed a readiness to it, which gave me occasion to boast of you to the churches of Macedonia; but I thought you might forget it, and I would not have

our boasting in vain on this behalf And besides, I would have the work done, that your alms might not be to gather when I come, (as he had said, 1Co 16:2 ), but might be in a readiness to be taken and carried away; for that is signified here by being

ready not that readiness of mind of which he had before spoken, and which he had before mentioned as what he had found in them.

Haydock: 2Co 9:3 - -- Titus, and two others.

Titus, and two others.

Gill: 2Co 9:3 - -- Yet have I sent the brethren,.... Titus, and the other two mentioned in the foregoing chapter: one manuscript reads, "we have sent"; and the Ethiopic ...

Yet have I sent the brethren,.... Titus, and the other two mentioned in the foregoing chapter: one manuscript reads, "we have sent"; and the Ethiopic version, "they have sent", that is, the Macedonians; but the common reading is best. It might be objected, that since the apostle knew the forwardness of their minds, how ready they were a year ago, and had boasted so much of their liberality, that it must be unnecessary to send the brethren to them, to stir them up to this work; which objection is prevented by observing the reason of his sending them:

lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf: or, "in this part", in this particular thing, על הדא צבותא, "concerning this business", or affair of beneficence to the poor, as the Syriac version renders it. He had boasted of them with respect to other things besides this; but he was chiefly concerned, knowing the frailty and changeableness of human nature, and how possible it was that their forwardness might abate, and they grow cold and indifferent to such service, lest his glorying of them should be in vain in this particular instance; wherefore he sent the brethren to put them on, that as they had begun they would finish:

that as I said ye may be ready, That as he had said to the Macedonians, that they were ready in mind, it might appear to be so; or as he had ordered them in his former epistle, they might be actually ready; have their collection ready made, so that there might be no gathering when he came.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Co 9:3 That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Co 9:1-15 - --1 He yields the reason why, though he knew their forwardness, yet he sent Titus and his brethren beforehand.6 And he proceeds in stirring them up to a...

MHCC: 2Co 9:1-5 - --When we would have others do good, we must act toward them prudently and tenderly, and give them time. Christians should consider what is for the cred...

Matthew Henry: 2Co 9:1-5 - -- In these verses the apostle speaks very respectfully to the Corinthians, and with great skill; and, while he seems to excuse his urging them so earn...

Barclay: 2Co 9:1-5 - --As many of the early fathers noted, there is a delightfully human touch in the background of this passage. Paul is dealing with the collection for t...

Constable: 2Co 8:1--10:1 - --III. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE POOR SAINTS IN JUDEA 8:1--9:15 The New Testament reveals tha...

Constable: 2Co 9:1-5 - --D. The anticipated visit of Paul 9:1-5 Paul revealed his plan to visit Corinth soon after Titus and his two companions arrived to motivate the Corinth...

College: 2Co 9:1-15 - --2 CORINTHIANS 9 3. Follow Through on What Was Begun (9:1-5) 9:1 There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the saints. Many ver...

McGarvey: 2Co 9:3 - --But I have sent the brethren [Titus and the other two], that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, y...

Lapide: 2Co 9:1-15 - --CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to stimulate the Corinthians to almsgiving by motives of human shame and praise; he bids them not ...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Second Corinthians From Macedonia a.d. 54 Or 55 By Way of Introduction The Pauline authorship is admitted by all real scholars, though there is ...

JFB: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE following reasons seem to have induced Paul to write this Second Epistle to the Corinthians: (1) That he might explain the reasons for his having ...

JFB: 2 Corinthians (Outline) THE HEADING; PAUL'S CONSOLATIONS IN RECENT TRIALS IN ASIA; HIS SINCERITY TOWARDS THE CORINTHIANS; EXPLANATION OF HIS NOT HAVING VISITED THEM AS HE HA...

TSK: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The most remarkable circumstance in this Epistle, observes Mr. Scott, is the confidence of the Apostle in the goodness of his cause, and in the power ...

TSK: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Co 9:1, He yields the reason why, though he knew their forwardness, yet he sent Titus and his brethren beforehand; 2Co 9:6, And he proce...

Poole: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9

MHCC: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The second epistle to the Corinthians probably was written about a year after the first. Its contents are closely connected with those of the former e...

MHCC: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) (2Co 9:1-5) The reason for sending Titus to collect their alms. (2Co 9:6-15) The Corinthians to be liberal and cheerful, The apostle thanks God for h...

Matthew Henry: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians In his former epistle the apostle had signified his i...

Matthew Henry: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle seems to excuse his earnestness in pressing the Corinthians to the duty of charity (2Co 9:1-5), and proceeds to give di...

Barclay: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS TO THE CORINTHIANS The Greatness Of Corinth A glance at the map will show that Corinth was made for greatness. The south...

Barclay: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) The Willing Giver (2Co_9:1-5) The Principles Of Generosity (2Co_9:6-15)

Constable: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background First Corinthians did not dispel the problems in th...

Constable: 2 Corinthians (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-11 A. Salutation 1:1-2 B. Thanksgiving for c...

Constable: 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. Reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book Hou...

Haydock: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE CORINTHIANS. INTRODUCTION. The subject and design of this second Epistle to the Corinthian...

Gill: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS This epistle, according to the subscription at the end of it, was written from Philippi of Macedonia; and though the ...

Gill: 2 Corinthians 9 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS 9 The apostle proceeds in this chapter upon the same subject, the making a collection for the poor saints; gives the ...

College: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION Studying 2 Corinthians plunges the modern reader back to the real, tumultuous world of early Christianity. The simple ideals of sharing ...

College: 2 Corinthians (Outline) OUTLINE I. OPENING - 1:1-2 II. THANKSGIVING - 1:3-11 A. GOD COMFORTS - 1:3-7 B. GOD DELIVERS - 1:8-11 III. DEFENSE OF INTEGRITY - 1:12...

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