2 Corinthians 9:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

2 Corinthians 9:2 —

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2 Corinthians 8:10
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
2 Corinthians 8:8
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
2 Corinthians 8:24
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
1 Corinthians 16:15
I beseech you, brethren,(ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

Topics

Achaia Alms Beneficence Charity Church Collection Decision Emulation

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 earnestly to charity, still presses them thereto, and shows how much his heart was set upon this matter. I. He tells them it was needless to press them with further arguments to afford relief to their poor brethren (2 Cor. 9:1), being satisfied he had said…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. ready a year ago--to send off the money, owing to the apostle’s former exhortation (1Co 16:1, 2). your zeal--Greek, “the zeal from you,” that is, on your part; propagated from you to others. provoked--that is, stimulated. very many--Greek, “the greater number,” namely, of the Macedonians.