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God is the Source of Generosity
Commentators unanimously identify God as the ultimate source of all resources. The verse uses a farming analogy: just as God provides the seed for the sower and the resulting bread, He also provides believers with the financial means to be generous. Our ability to give is itself a gift from Him.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
18th Century
Theologian
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower. This is an expression of an earnest wish. In the previous verses, he had stated the promises or…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
Supplieth (επιχορηγων). Late Koine compound verb from επ and χορηγεω, just below (1 Peter 4:11). Χορηγος is old…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
19th Century
Bishop
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower.—Better, he that gives bounteously. The Greek verb (epichorêgein
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
In v.6 Paul observed that the person who sows sparingly will reap a meager harvest. Now he develops the imagery of sowing and reaping to reinforce …
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
16th Century
Theologian
He that supplieth. A beautiful circumlocution, in place of the term God, and full of consolation. For the person who sows seed in…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 9:10
17th Century
Pastor
Error: Completed but no modernized text found in DB
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
17th Century
Minister
Money given in charity may seem to the carnal mind to be thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable…