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2 Corinthians 9:5 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 9 · verse 5
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.2 Corinthians 9:5 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 9:5 in context
3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- necessaryanagkaiosnecessary, what one can not do without, indispensable, connected by bonds of nature or…G316 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- thoughthēgeomaito lead, to go before, to be a leader, to rule, command, to have authority over, a…G2233 →
- exhortparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- beforeproerchomaito go forward, go on, to go before, to go before, precede, to go before, in the advance…G4281 →
- bountyeulogiapraise, laudation, panegyric of Christ or God, fine discourse, polished language, in a…G2129 →
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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 earnestly to charity, still presses them thereto, and shows how much his heart was set upon this matter. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5