2 Corinthians 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.”
2 Corinthians 8:2 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 8:223 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:2
“How that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy.” Do you see his wisdom? For he says not first, that which he wishes; but another thing before it, that he may not seem to do this of set purpose , but to arrive at it by a different connection. “In much proof of affliction.” This was what he said in his Epistle to the Macedonians themselves, “You became imitators of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;” and again,…
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