2 Corintios 9:1

1 No hace falta que les escriba acerca de esta ayuda para los santos,

2 Corintios 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:1

For as touching the ministering to the saints
It looks at first sight as if the apostle was entering upon a new subject, though by what follows it appears to be the same; for by "ministering to the saints", he does not mean the ministry of the Gospel to them; nor that mutual assistance members of churches are to give each other; but either the fellowship of ministering to the saints, which the churches had entreated him, and his fellow ministers, to take upon them, namely, to take the charge of their collections, and distribute them to the poor saints at Jerusalem; or rather these collections themselves, and their liberality in them: with respect to which he says,

it is superfluous for me to write to you;
that is, he thought it unnecessary to say any more upon that head, because he had used so many arguments already to engage them in it, in the foregoing chapter; and because he had sent three brethren to them, who well understood the nature of this service, and were very capable of speaking to it, and of enforcing the reasonings already used; and more especially he judged it needless to dwell on this subject, for the reasons following.

2 Corintios 9:1 In-Context

1 No hace falta que les escriba acerca de esta ayuda para los santos,

2 porque conozco la buena disposición que ustedes tienen. Esto lo he comentado con orgullo entre los macedonios, diciéndoles que desde el año pasado ustedes los de Acaya estaban preparados para dar. El entusiasmo de ustedes ha servido de estímulo a la mayoría de ellos.

3 Con todo, les envío a estos hermanos para que en este asunto no resulte vano nuestro orgullo por ustedes, sino que estén preparados, como ya he dicho que lo estarían,

4 no sea que algunos macedonios vayan conmigo y los encuentren desprevenidos. En ese caso nosotros —por no decir nada de ustedes— nos avergonzaríamos por haber estado tan seguros.

5 Así que me pareció necesario rogar a estos hermanos que se adelantaran a visitarlos y completaran los preparativos para esa generosa colecta que ustedes habían prometido. Entonces estará lista como una ofrenda generosa, y no como una tacañería.