Is there (προκειτα). Lies before one. Old word.

Acceptable (ευπροσδεκτος). See on 6:2.

Acco…

For if there be first a willing mind. If there is a readiness, (proyumia,) a disposition to give, if the heart is in it, then the…

For if there be first a willing mind.—This grows out of that which ye have in the previous verse. He is expectin…

That as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it i…

The phrase “according to your means” at the end of v.11 is now explained. Provided a gift is willingly given, its acceptability is determined solel…

For if there be first a willing mind
If what is done springs from a truly noble, generous spirit, a spirit of bounti…

Good purposes are like buds and blossoms, pleasant to see, and give hope of good fruit; but they are lost and mean nothing without good deeds. Good…

Here he uses the example of Christ to encourage the Corinthians to give alms, saying: I wish to affirm your good disposition for giving to the poor…