O panorama
2 Coríntios 9 abre com “For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:”, muda perto do versículo 8 com “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all…” e termina com “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
2 Coríntios · Versão King James · 152 Coríntios 9:1-8
Versículos 1–8: For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me…
2 Coríntios 9:1–8 abre com “For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:” e chega a “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve 2 Coríntios 9 se desenvolve por meio de suas próprias vozes, ações, afirmações e consequências.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:” Esta linha fornece uma razão, resultado ou conclusão. Ela deve permanecer ligada à afirmação ou ação que lhe dá sentido.
“Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be…” Nomear Yet mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
“Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand…” Esta linha fornece uma razão, resultado ou conclusão. Ela deve permanecer ligada à afirmação ou ação que lhe dá sentido.
2 Coríntios 9:1-8
Versão King James1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Coríntios 9:9-15
Versículos 9–15: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor…
2 Coríntios 9:9–15 abre com “(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness…” e chega a “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve 2 Coríntios 9 se desenvolve por meio de suas próprias vozes, ações, afirmações e consequências.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem abroad, dispersed, poor. A relação com os versículos 10 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem seed, both, bread. A relação com os versículos 9 e 11 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
2 Coríntios 9:9-15
Versão King James9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
2 Corinthians 9:1 começa com “For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:”
Onde o capítulo muda
2 Corinthians 9:6 forma uma mudança natural: “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”
A nota final
2 Corinthians 9:15 deixa o leitor com “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras ready, abound, boasting, bountifully, bounty, brethren ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.