Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians John Calvin
Chapter
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
2 Corinthians 8:1-7 1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
1. Certiores autem vos facio, fratres, de gratia Dei, quae data est in Ecclesiis Macedoniae;
2. How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2. Quoniam in multa probatione afflictionis exsuperavit gaudium ipsorum, et profunda illorum paupertas exundavit in divitias simplicitatis 1552 eorum.
3. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves;
3. Nam pro viribus (testor) atque etiam supra vires fuerunt voluntarii; 4. Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
4. Multa cum obtestatione rogantes nos, ut gratiam et societatem ministrii susciperemus in sanctos.
5. 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.
5. Ac non quatenus sperabamus: sed se ipsos dediderunt, primum Domino, deinde et nobis per voluntatem Dei:
6. Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
6. Ut abhortaremur Titum, ut quemadmodum ante coepisset, ita et consummaret erga vos hanc quoque gratiam.
7. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us; see that ye abound in this grace also.
7. Verum quemadmodum ubique abundatis fide, et scientia, et omnia diligentia, et ea, quae ex vobis erga nos est caritate: facite, ut in hac quoque beneficentia abundetis.
As, in the event of the Corinthians retaining any feeling of offense, occasioned by the severity of the preceding Epistle, that might stand in the 1552"Simplicite ou promptitude;" — "Simplicity or promptitude."