2 Corinthians 8:1
I do you to wit brethren of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
In Context
Cross References
Acts 11:23Which when he was come and had sene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of hert they wolde continually cleave vnto the Lorde.
Romans 15:26For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certayne distribucion vpo the poore saynctes which are at Ierusalem.
2 Corinthians 8:2how that the aboundaunce of their reioysing is that they are tried with moche tribulacion. And therto though they were excedinge poore yet haue they geue excedinge richly and that in singlenesse.
2 Corinthians 9:4lest paraveture yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared the boost that I made in this matter shuld be a shame to vs: I saye not vnto you.
2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was present with yov and had nede I was greuous to no man for that which was lackynge vnto me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all thynges I kept my silfe that I shuld not be greveous to you: and so will I kepe my silfe.
Colossians 1:29Wherin I also laboure and stryve even as farforth as hys workynge worketh in me myghtely.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:1
In this and the following chapter Paul is exhorting and directing the Corinthians about a particular work of charity—to relieve the necessities of the poor saints at Jerusalem and in Judea, according to the good example of the churches in Macedonia, Rom. xv. 26 . The Christians at Jerusalem, through war, famine, and persecution, had become poor, many of them had fallen into decay, and perhaps most of them were but poor when they first embraced Christianity; for Christ said, "The poor receive the gospel." Now Paul,… Read the whole commentary →