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2 Corinthians
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It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints, See also: Galatians 6:101 Thessalonians 4:9-102 Corinthians 8:4-15for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them. See also: 2 Corinthians 8:102 Corinthians 8:82 Corinthians 8:24But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared, See also: 2 Corinthians 8:62 Corinthians 7:141 Corinthians 16:1-4lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting. See also: Romans 15:262 Corinthians 8:242 Corinthians 8:1-5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. See also: 1 Samuel 25:27Genesis 33:11Philippians 4:17Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. See also: Proverbs 11:24-25Luke 6:38Proverbs 22:9Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. See also: 2 Corinthians 8:12Acts 20:351 Chronicles 29:17And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. See also: Ephesians 3:20Philippians 4:18-19Proverbs 10:22As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” See also: Psalms 112:9Psalms 112:3Proverbs 21:21Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, See also: Isaiah 55:10Hosea 10:122 Corinthians 9:6you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us. See also: 1 Timothy 6:17-182 Corinthians 4:151 Chronicles 29:12-14For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God, See also: 2 Corinthians 8:14-15Philemon 1:4-7Philippians 2:25seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all, See also: Matthew 5:16Hebrews 13:162 Corinthians 2:12while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. See also: Philippians 4:11 Timothy 1:142 Timothy 1:16-18Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift! See also: 2 Corinthians 2:14John 3:16Ephesians 5:20
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)7 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Corinthians 9:1
Ver. 1. The ministry, that is, the contributions for the brethren, so it is also called again, (v. 12.) the ministry of this office, or, as the Greek signifies, of this sacrifice, inasmuch as alms, and such charitable works, are spiritual sacrifices to God. Wi.
↑ 12 Corinthians 9:2
Ver. 2. That Achaia also was ready. Corinth was the capital of Achaia. S. Paul had formerly exhorted the Macedonians to contribute to the utmost of their power, informing them, that Corinth and all Achaia were prepared a year ago to collect alms, and now the apostle, speaking to the Corinthians, encourages them by the example of the faithful of Macedon, and informs them of the greatness of their charitable contributions, and the greatness of their zeal.
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↑ 22 Corinthians 9:3
Ver. 3. Titus, and two others.
↑ 32 Corinthians 9:5
Ver. 5. Not forced from covetousness. Lit. not as avarice, as it were extorted from covetous people, who give unwillingly. Wi.
↑ 52 Corinthians 9:8
Ver. 8. God is generous to the liberally disposed Christian; filling such as relieve the poor with every species of good, and returning their charities a hundred-fold. M.
↑ 82 Corinthians 9:11–13
Ver. 11-13. All bountifulness,[1] by which is signified, a sincere and free liberality, by giving with a sincere heart, and good intention. S. Paul encourages them to contribute willingly for God's sake, and out of a true charity for their indigent brethren, who will praise, and thank God, and pray for them, &c. Wi.
↑ 112 Corinthians 9:15
Ver. 15. For his unspeakable gift. Such is the conclusion, which the apostle puts to the subject upon alms-deeds. In the following chapter he proceeds to a new subject; but first thanks the Almighty, that he has enriched the Corinthians with so charitable a disposition. S. Chrys. Theo. and some other commentators think, that by the expression, his unspeakable gift, is meant the incarnation of Christ. The fruit of alms-deeds is the increase of grace in all justice and good works to life everlasting; God granting these blessings for a reward and recompense of charitable works, which therefore are called the seed, (v. 11. supra) or meritorious cause of these spiritual fruits. B.
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[1] In omnem simplicitatem, aploteta, upon which S. Chrys. says, om. k., aploteta ten dapsileian kalei, a plentiful abundance.
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↑ 15License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses