2 Corinthians 8:4

4 cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam et communicationem ministerii quod fit in sanctos

2 Corinthians 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 8:4

Praying us with much entreaty
They not only gave freely, being unasked by the apostles; but they sought to them, and earnestly entreated them,

that they would receive the gift;
the beneficence, what they had so freely and generously collected: and

the fellowship of the ministering to the saints;
what they had communicated for the service of the poor saints at Jerusalem, in which they testified their having and holding fellowship with the churches of Christ; and that they would receive it at their hands, and take it upon them, and carry it to Jerusalem, and distribute to the poor saints there, as should seem to them most proper and convenient; which they accordingly agreed to; see ( Romans 15:25 Romans 15:26 ) .

2 Corinthians 8:4 In-Context

2 quod in multo experimento tribulationis abundantia gaudii ipsorum et altissima paupertas eorum abundavit in divitias simplicitatis eorum

3 quia secundum virtutem testimonium illis reddo et supra virtutem voluntarii fuerunt

4 cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam et communicationem ministerii quod fit in sanctos

5 et non sicut speravimus sed semet ipsos dederunt primum Domino deinde nobis per voluntatem Dei

6 ita ut rogaremus Titum ut quemadmodum coepit ita et perficiat in vos etiam gratiam istam