2 Corinthians 8 Explained
2 Corinthians 8 is the eighth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. This chapter, and the next one, "are devoted entirely to the topic of generous giving".[1]
Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 24 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
Old Testament references
Verse 9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.[2]
- "Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor": From having the fullness of the Godhead in Him, for the sake of human being, Jesus had become human and was exposed to outward poverty, born of poor parents, had no place to lay His head, was ministered to by others, had nothing to bequeath His mother at His death, but had to commit her to the care of one of His disciples; fulfilled the prophecies of Him, that He should be "poor" and "low" (41:1 KJV;).[3]
Verse 18
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches.[4] For many church fathers, such as Pseudo-Ignatius (250 AD),[5] John Chrysostom (407 AD),[6] Jerome (420 AD) [7] Pelagius (420 AD),[8] Oecumenius (990 AD),[9] this Pauline verse written in 55 AD refers to Luke and his gospel.
Lukan authorship of a New Testament Gospel is dead in the water, as far as mainstream Bible scholars are concerned.[10]
Collection for the Judean Saints
"Next to his ministry of preaching to the Gentiles, Paul's most important activity during his ministry was to collect money for the poor [believers] in Jerusalem." Paul confirms in Galatians 2:10 that this was a part of his ministry which he considered important and endorsed by the leaders of the church in Jerusalem.
See also
Sources
- Book: MacDonald, Margaret . 66. 2 Corinthians . The Oxford Bible Commentary . John. Barton . John. Muddiman . Oxford University Press . first (paperback) . 2007 . 1134–1151 . 978-0199277186 . February 6, 2019.
- Book: Michael. Coogan. Marc. Brettler. Carol. Newsom. Pheme. Perkins. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version. 1 March 2018. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-027605-8. 1380.
- Book: Perkins
, Pheme
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. Pheme Perkins. Barton. John. The Cambridge companion to biblical interpretation. The Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: Telling the Christian Story. 1998. Westminster John Knox Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=PSHCRgS_SAUC. 978-0-521-48593-7.
- Book: Reddish
, Mitchell
. An Introduction to The Gospels. 2011. Abingdon Press. 978-1426750083.
- Book: Pheme. Perkins. Michael D.. Coogan. Marc Z.. Brettler. Carol. Newsom. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Oxford University Press. 2010. 1380.
External links
Notes and References
- Buls, H. H., Buls' Notes: 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–14, accessed September 5, 2017
- 2 2 Corinthians NKJV
- http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/2-corinthians-8-9.html John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, 2 Corinthians 8:9
- 8:18 KJV KJV
- Spurious Ad Ephesians XV
- Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians 18.1.
- Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume III/Lives of Illustrious Men/Jerome/Luke, the evangelist. Philip Schaff.
- Migne PL 30:793D.
- Pauline Commentary from the Greek Church
- Book: Millard, Alan. Authors, Books, and Readers in the Ancient World. Rogerson. J.W.. Lieu. Judith M.. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. Oxford University Press. 2006. https://books.google.com/books?id=eKZYMifS1fAC&dq=%22written+virtually+entirely+in+a+form+of+ancient+Greek%22&pg=PA558. 978-0199254255. 558. The historical narratives, the Gospels and Acts, are anonymous, the attributions to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John being first reported in the mid-second century by Irenaeus.
