2 Corinthians 8:1
BUT we make known to you, my brethren, the grace of Aloha which hath been given to the churches of Makedunia;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 11:23And when he came thither, and beheld the grace of Aloha, he rejoiced, and entreated them with all their heart to cleave to our Lord.
Romans 15:26For they in Makedunia and in Akaia have desired that a communication should be made from themselves with the poor and the saints who are at Urishlem.
2 Corinthians 8:2that in the great trial of their affliction there hath been an abounding of their joy; and the depth of their poverty hath been exceeded by the riches of their simplicity.
2 Corinthians 9:4lest, if the Makedunoyee should come with me, and find you not ready, we be shamed-that I may not say, you be shamed-of the boasting which we have boasted.
2 Corinthians 11:9And being come among you, I burdened no man of you; for my want the brethren who came from Makedunia supplied: and in every thing have I kept myself, and will keep, that I may not be burdensome to you.
Colossians 1:29for which also I labour and contend, according to the help of the power which is given to me.
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 →