2 Corinthians 8:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.”
2 Corinthians 8:4 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 8:416 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 8:4
“With much intreaty.” Lo! Yet a third and a fourth. “Praying us.” Lo! even a fifth. And when they were in affliction and in poverty. Here are a sixth and seventh. And they gave with excessiveness. Then since this is what he most of all wishes to provide for in the Corinthians' case, namely, the giving deliberately, he dwells especially upon it, saying, “with much intreaty,” and “praying us.” 'We prayed not them, but they us.' Pray us what? “That the grace and the fellowship…
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