Commentary
2 Corinthians 9
Textual Issues
Vs. 4—τῆς καυχήσεως (T.R. B.M.T.) after ταύτῃ to be struck out.
Vs. 15—Χάρις δὲ omit δὲ (T.R., B.M.T.)
Commentary
Vs. 1—‘For while it is unnecessary to give you any special instructions, I sent the brethren . . .’ The second clause here being the important one.
Vs. 4—ὑποστάσις—1) a foundation or substratum—Heb 3:14; 2) confidence, as the thing on which a foundation rests. See Heb 11:1—Ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων; 3) elsewhere ‘substance’ that on which the qualities rest as a substratum—Heb 1:3—ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης καὶ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ.
Vs. 6—Τοῦτο δέ—but herein . . . as Meyer.
ἐπ’ εὐλογίαις—as a bounty was called ἔλεημοσύνη for the feelings which prompted it; so was it styled εὐλογία for the blessing which was pronounced in conferring it.