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you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
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The Purpose of Plenty
Commentators stress that God enriches believers not for personal luxury or display, but for the specific purpose of enabling generosity. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that any abundance or "overplus" is provided so that Christians can be liberal in meeting the needs of others, fulfilling God's design for resources.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Being enriched in every thing, etc. In all respects, your riches are conferred on you for this purpose. The apostle's design is to state t…
Enriched (πλουτιζομενο). Present passive participle of πλουτιζω for which see on 1 Corinthians 1:5; [Reference 2 Corin…
19th Century
Anglican
Being enriched in every thing.—The context points primarily to temporal abundance, but we can hardly think that the other thought of the s…
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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 …
16th Century
Protestant
May be enriched unto all bountifulness. Again, the apostle uses the term bountifulness to express the nature of true liberality. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness These words may be connected with ([Reference 2 Corinthians 9:8-10…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the Apostle gives the reason for the three ways of giving. In this regard, he does two things. First, he assigns the reason on the givers' pa…
