Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also. But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also." — 2 Corinthians 8:6-7 (ASV)
So much so that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also.
They were a famous church—this church at Corinth—having gifted men in abundance, more than other churches. So much so that they usually did not have one man as pastor, because they so abounded in brothers able to edify. And he urges them, as they excelled in everything, not to be lacking in their generosity.