2 CORINTHIANS 8:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.”
Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you — Paul attributes Titus's commitment to divine action: *ho theos* has placed (*didōmi*) the same *spoude*, earnest care, in Titus's heart that Paul carries for the Corinthians. Personal agency and divine grace work together seamlessly; Titus's zeal is both his own and God's.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:15
“As it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack.” Now this happened in the case of the manna. For both they that gathered more, and they that gathered less, were found to have the same quantity, God in this way punishing insatiableness. And this he said at once both to alarm them by what then happened, and to persuade them never to desire to have more nor to grieve at having less. And this one may see happening now in things…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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