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Giving Starts with Self
Commentators unanimously agree that the Macedonians' surprising generosity flowed from a deeper commitment. Before giving their money, they "first gave their own selves to the Lord." Scholars emphasize that this total self-consecration is the true foundation for all Christian charity and service. True giving begins not with our possessions, but with our person.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
18th Century
Theologian
And this they did, etc. They did not give what we expected only. We knew their poverty, and we expected only a small sum from them.
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
We had hoped (ηλπισαμεν). First aorist active indicative of ελπιζω. "Expected," he means. They went beyond his hopes about them.
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
19th Century
Bishop
Not as we hoped . . .—This means, of course, that they had done what was far beyond his hopes; and here the point lies in the fact that th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Corinthians 8:5–6
19th Century
Preacher
And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. Insomuch that we desired Titus…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
In describing the nature of the Macedonians’ generosity, Paul makes several observations. First, they gave far more generously than their slender m…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
16th Century
Theologian
And not as He expected from them an ordinary degree of willingness, such as any Christian should show; but they went beyond his expectatio…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 8:5
17th Century
Pastor
And this they did not as we hoped
All this was unexpected by the apostles, who knew their great affliction and deep …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 8:1–6
17th Century
Minister
The grace of God must be acknowledged as the root and fountain of all the good in us, or done by us, at any time. It is great grace and favor from …