Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER - This is an expression ofan earnest wish. In the previous verses he had stated the promises, orhad shown what we had a right to expect as a consequence of...
Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein
2. EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT.CHAPTER 9_ 1. Further Exhortations to Liberality. (2 Corinthians 9:1)_2. The Blessings Connected with Giving. (2 Corinthians 9:6 .)Again he exhorts them to libe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible
This concern brings him, however, to a renewed consideration of thegrace or liberality, and of the blessings attached to it. He touchesin succession on the proper temper of such liberality (2 Corint...
Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)
THE WILLING GIVER (2 Corinthians 9:1-5)...
Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)
Further, there is this--He who sows sparingly will also reapsparingly, and he who sows bountifully will reap bountifully. Let eachman give as he has decided in his heart. Let him not give as if ith...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
MINISTERETH. Greek. _epichoregeo._ Occurs elsewhere, Galatians 1:3;Galatians 1:5.Colossians 2:19. 2Pe 1:5, 2 Peter 1:11. The prefix e
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
_Now he that ministereth_ The word used twice in this verse has theoriginal signification of _leading a chorus_. Hence it came to mean to_defray the expenses_of a chorus, since when a wealthy man wa...
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary
ΣΠΈΡΜΑ (אCD3D3KLP) rather than σπόρον (BDFG), whichobviously comes from what follows; and ΧΟΡΗΓΉΣΕΙ,ΠΛΗΘΥΝΕΙ͂, ΑΥ̓ΞΉΣΕΙ (אBDP, Latt. Copt. Arm.) ratherthan χορηγήσαι, πληθύναι, αὐξήσαι (א3D3KL).10...
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary
EXHORTATION TO GIVE LIBERALLY AND CHEERFULLYHaving gloried in the former readiness of the Corinthians, in order toencourage the Macedonians, and having told the Corinthians of thespontaneous genero...
Charles Box Commentaries
_GOD WILL MULTIPLY THE SEED YOU SOW 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8-12:_ Give as Godhas prospered you with a cheerful spirit. When you do give generouslyGod will bless you with everything you need. You will alway...
Charles Rose Commentaries
ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΈΩ(G2023) снабжать, оборудовать,поставлять.ΣΠΕΊΡΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΠΕΊΡΩ (G4687)сеять,ΒΡΏΣΙΣ (G1035) еда.ΧΟΡΗΓΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΧΟΡΗ...
co*ke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH, &C.— _Now may he that ministereth seed tothe sower, and bread for food, both minister and multiply your seed,and increase the fruits of your beneficence._ See Isaiah 55:10 a...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
BUTLER'S COMMENTARYSECTION 5Confidence (2 Corinthians 9:8-11)8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, sothat you may always have enough of everything and may provide in...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_Generous GivingScripture_2 Corinthians 9:6-15. But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shallreap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap alsobountifully....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread foryour food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits ofyour righteousness;)Translate as Isaiah 55:10, 'He that supplie...
Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch
5 God has no need. Gifts acceptable to Him must spring from a puremotive is better not to give at all than to give with a heavy heart orfrom an unworthy motive. Extortion, whether by appeals to prid...
Darby's translation notes (1890)
9:10 abundant (g-17) It is possible to translate. 'now he thatsupplies seed to the sower shall both supply bread for the eating, andmake abundant.'...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
_(C) 9:1-15. EXHORTATIONS TO GENEROUS GIVING_There is no need to write to you about the purpose and necessity ofthe collection, for your zeal in the matter is well known, and hasbeen used by me as...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
PARAPHRASE. 'And God has power to enrich you with all earthlyblessings, that ye may have sufficient for yourselves and the means ofhelping those who need, (9) and so experience the fulfilment of the...
EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK2 CORINTHIANS_PHILIP SMITH_CHAPTER 9V1 I do not really need to write to you about help for otherChristians. V2 I know how eager you are to help. I have to...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER. — Better, _he that givethbounteously._ The Greek verb (_epichorêgein_) has a somewhatinteresting history. Originally it expressed the act of one whoundert...
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
LIBERAL GIVING IS BLESSED OF GOD....
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν “ σπέρμα τῷσπείροντι κ. τ. λ.: _and he that supplieth “seed to thesower and bread for food,” shall supply and multiply your seed,i.e._, your means of giving, _for sowing_ (the A. V....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary
ENRICHED UNTO LIBERALITY2 Corinthians 9:8We are not really poorer by what we give away; and God will neverstarve His own almoners. Note the comprehensiveness of 2 Corinthians9:8. God's grace is l...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
In concluding this subject of the collection for the saints theapostle declares that he desires that their giving should be glad andspontaneous. He excludes two methods of giving, "grudgingly," that...
Gary Hampton Commentaries
VERSE 10 God causes the farmer to receive a harvest which provides forhis needs and gives him seed to use the next time. n the same way, theone who sows the seed of giving will see needs taken care...
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for[your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the (i) fruitsof your righteousness;)(i) There is no inheritance as good to...
Hawker's Poor man's commentary
(6) But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap alsosparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap alsobountifully. (7) Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, solet him g...
Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly
2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to theCorinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strongcontrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary
_THE SEED AND ITS LESSONS_‘He that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shallsupply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits ofyour righteousness.’2 Corinthians 9:10...
John Calvin's Bible Commentary
10._He that supplieth. _A beautieth circumlocution, in place of theterm _God, _and full of consolation. (724) For the person that sowsseed in the proper season, appears when reaping to gather the fr...
John Darby's Synopsis
In the next Chapter the apostle (being on his way to Judea) exhortsthe Corinthians to prepare relief for the poor of Israel; sendingTitus that all might be ready as of a willing mind a disposition o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER, AND BREAD FOR YOURFOOD,.... For so the words ought to be pointed and read, as is clearfrom Isaiah 55:10 to which they refer; and are a "periphrasis" of God...
John Trapp Complete Commentary
_ His righteousness endureth for ever_] Never did a charitable act goaway without the retribution of a blessing. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:42_"_10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both mini...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
_Now he that ministereth seed to the sower_ By making the earthfruitful; _and bread for your food_ (So Bengelius reads,) namely, allthings needful for your souls and bodies. _May he supply and multi...
Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)
HE; God.MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN; increase your means of doing good.THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS; the blessed results to yourselvesand others....
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
NOW HE THAT MINISTERETH SEED TO THE SOWER BOTH MINISTER BREAD FOR YOURFOOD, AND MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN, AND INCREASE THE FRUITS OF YOURRIGHTEOUSNESS,)...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
God blesses liberal giving:...
Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Paul does not stress the rightness of their ministering to the saints:this would be superfluous, for of this they were already persuaded,and so expressed themselves, so that Paul had boasted to the...
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible
6-15 Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrownaway, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, fromwhich a valuable increase may be expected. It should be givencar...
Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible
The God, whose providence and blessing maketh rich, and who giveththis seed to the sower, supply you with whatsoever you stand in needof for this life, and give you a heart to multiply that spiritua...
McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shallsupply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits ofyour righteousness [and he that, in the economy of nature, makes...
NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and AlmsMoreover, the blessed Apostle Paul, full of the grace of the Lord'sinspiration, says: "He that ministereth seed to the sower, shall bothminister bread for yo...
Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now G1161 supplies G2023 (G5723) seed G4690 sowerG4687 (G5723) and G2532 bread G740 f
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
And he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supplyand multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of yourrighteousness, you being enriched in everything unto all libera...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
FURTHER REASONS WHY THEY SHOULD REVEAL THEIR GENEROSITY (2 CORINTHIANS9:1).It is often noted that this chapter appears to repeat to some extentthe ideas in chapter 8, yet from a different angle, an...
Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)
2 Corinthians 9:10. AND HE THAT SUPPLIETH SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREADFOR FOOD, SHALL SUPPLY [1] AND MULTIPLY YOUR SEED FOR SOWING, ANDINCREASE THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. What 2 Corinthians 9:...
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
SUPPLIETH(επιχορηγων). Late _Koine_ compound verb from επ andχορηγεω, just below (1 Peter 4:11). Χορηγος is old wordfor leader of a chorus (χοροσ, ηγεομα) or chorus-leader.The verb means to furn...
Summarized Bible Commentary
CONTENTS: Offering for the Jerusalem saints. Encouragement for givers.CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.CONCLUSION: Our return in blessings will be proportionate to what wesow. Let our works of charit...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2 Corinthians 9:1. _Touching the ministering to the saints_ in Judea,_it is superfluous for me to write to you._ What a method of findingthe avenues of the heart. He knew their forwardness he had bo...
The Bible Study New Testament
AND GOD. The farmer depends on God. When the farmer plants seed in hisfield, God makes it grow, and gives him even more seed to plant thenext time. The same thing is true in Christian giving....
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 9:10 God will INCREASE THEHARVEST in terms of increasing YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Thus the quoted OTtexts ...
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
CHAPTER 9SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTERi. He proceeds to stimulate the Corinthians to almsgiving by motivesof human shame and praise; he bids them not to be put to shame beforethe liberality of the Mac...
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
_Now he that ministereth seed to the sower._ This again is an answerto an objection which might be urged from the Psalm quoted. It mightbe said. You prove clearly enough, Paul, that alms remain in t...
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
_CRITICAL NOTES_2 Corinthians 9:1—Connected, in word [περί, in both cases] andin fact, with 1 Corinthians 15:1, which belongs to the initiation ofthis “collection,” this “ministration” for the poor...
The Pulpit Commentaries
EXPOSITIONEncouragement to the Corinthians to fulfil their promises by givingspeedily (2 Corinthians 9:1), amply (2 Corinthians 9:6), cheerfully (2Corinthians 9:7), and thereby earn God'
Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter nine.Paul has been, in the last couple of Chapter s, talking to them aboutthe collection that he wanted them to take for the poor in Jerusalem....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 9:6;Ecclesiastes 11:6;...
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)
Ministereth [ε π ι χ ο ρ η γ ω ν]. Rev., supplieth. See onadd, 2 Peter 1:5. Both minister bread, etc. Construe bread withsupplieth, as Rev., supplieth seed to the sow and bread for food.Minister an...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
And he who supplieth seed — Opportunity and ability to help others.And bread — All things needful for your own souls and bodies. Willcontinually supply you with that seed, yea, multiply it to you mo...
William Burkitt's Expository Notes
Some look upon these words as. prayer, others as. promise, that asAlmighty God blesseth the increase of the earth so largely, that itsufficeth for the nourishment of men, and for seed to sow again;...
