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2 Corinthians 8 — Sermon Preparation
Paul holds up the Macedonian churches' sacrificial generosity as a model and urges the Corinthians to complete the collection for the Jerusalem believers. Below is a research summary for 2 Corinthians 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 24
- verses
- 410 / 144
- Greek words / lemmas
- 24
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
2 Corinthians 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| χάρις | cháris | G5485 | 7 | acceptable, benefit, favour, gift |
| πολύς | polýs | G4183 | 6 | abundant, altogether, common, far |
| σπουδαῖος | spoudaîos | G4705 | 3 | diligent |
| προθυμία | prothymía | G4288 | 3 | forwardness of mind, readiness, ready mind |
| ἐπιτελέω | epiteléō | G2005 | 3 | accomplish, do, finish, perform |
| σπουδή | spoudḗ | G4710 | 3 | business, care, diligence, forwardness |
| Τίτος | Títos | G5103 | 3 | Titus |
How preachers through history handled this text
24 public-domain excerpts on 2 Corinthians 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The apostle commends the brethren sent to collect their charity, that it might be known who they were, and how safely they might be trusted. It is the duty of all Christians to act prudently; to hinder, as far as we can, all unjust suspicions. It is needful, in the first place, to act uprightly in the sight of God, but things honest in the sight of men should also be attended to. A clear character, as well as a pure conscience, is requisite for usefulness. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Corinthians 8:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Macedonia— 2 Cor 8:1
- Jerusalem— 2 Cor 8:19
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