“For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:”
There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord's people — Paul signals a shift: he will now emphasize the *Why*, the theological motivation, rather than the logistics. The *diakonia*, service, is fundamentally about *laos tou kyriou*, the Lord's people united across geographical and social boundaries.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 9:1
Though he had said so much about it, he says here, “It is superfluous for me to write to you.” And his wisdom is shown not only in this, that though he had said so much about it, he says, “it is superfluous for me to write to you,” but in that he yet again speaks of it. For what he said indeed a little above, he said concerning those who received the money, to ensure them the enjoyment of great honor: but what he said before that, (his account of the Macedonians, that “their…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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