2 Corinthians 8:1
But we desire to let you know, brethren, of the grace of God which has been bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia;
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 11:23On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
Romans 15:26for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 8:2how, while passing through great trouble, their boundless joy even amid their deep poverty has overflowed to increase their generous liberality.
2 Corinthians 9:4for fear that, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to say you yourselves--should be put to the blush in respect to this confidence.
2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants--and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.
Colossians 1:29To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within 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 →