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Time after Pentecost · Proper 8 · Year B

2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15

The Grace of Giving

June 27, 2027

Adoration of the Shepherds, Georges de La Tour
Adoration of the Shepherds, Georges de La Tour, c. 1644Musée du Louvre, Paris
One candle, shielded by a hand, and five people leaning in. The shepherd has brought a lamb; the ox is painted with the same attention as the people.For your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich: the shepherds bring what they have, which is a lamb.Georges de La TourA Lorraine painter, lost for three hundred years and rediscovered in 1915, whose night scenes are lit by a single candle.Musée du Louvre, ParisA royal palace turned public museum by the Revolution in 1793, on the principle that what the king had owned now belonged to everyone.Musée du Louvre, Paris
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 5:21-43Mk 5:21-43
Epistle2 Cor. 8:1-9, 13-152 Cor 8:1-9, 13-15
Old TestamentLam. 3:22-33Lam 3:22-33
PsalterPs. 30Ps 30

Overview & Insights

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor." (2 Corinthians 8:9)

Paul urges the Corinthians to complete their collection for the poor believers in Jerusalem, grounding generosity in Christ's self-giving and in a fair balance among the churches.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: 2 Corinthians 8Enduring Word: 2 Cor 8 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: 2 Corinthians 8 CommentaryPrecept Austin: 2 Cor 8 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study collecting many commentators on the collection for Jerusalem.

BibleHub: Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 8:1BibleHub: Commentaries on 2 Cor 8:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the passage's opening verse.

CEP: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 CommentaryCEP: 2 Cor 8:7-15 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary grounding generosity in Christ's self-impoverishment.

StudyLight: 2 Corinthians 8 CommentariesStudyLight: 2 Cor 8 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on 2 Corinthians 8 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: 2 Corinthians OverviewBibleProject: 2 Cor Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the argument and themes of 2 Corinthians.

BibleHub: 2 Corinthians 8 InterlinearBibleHub: 2 Cor 8 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: 2 Corinthians 8Catena: 2 Cor 8 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on 2 Corinthians 8.

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