2 Corintios 9

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Second Corinthians 9 is the second half of Paul's longest teaching on giving, written to prepare the Corinthians to complete the collection for the poor believers in Jerusalem. He reminds them of their own eagerness, sends brothers ahead so the gift will be ready and generous rather than grudging, and then states the principles that have shaped Christian giving ever since: sow generously and reap generously, give what you have decided in your heart, God loves a cheerful giver, and God supplies the giver so that giving can continue and overflow in thanksgiving.

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Second Corinthians 9 is a fundraising letter, and it is worth noticing how Paul raises funds. He does not describe the suffering in Jerusalem in detail or shame the Corinthians with the Macedonians' sacrifice, though he mentions both. He reminds them of what they themselves wanted to do a year earlier, sends people ahead so that the gift can be gathered without last-minute pressure, and then lays down principles that are as much about the giver's heart as about the recipient's need. Sow sparingly and you reap sparingly. Give what you have decided, not from regret or compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. Then the center of the chapter: God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having enough you can abound in every good work. Paul quotes a psalm about the righteous man who scatters gifts to the poor, and pictures God as the one who supplies both the seed and the bread, and multiplies the seed so that the sowing can continue. The result of giving, he says, is not primarily that needs are met, though they are, but that thanksgiving to God overflows and that believers who have never met pray for each other with affection. The chapter ends with the shortest and largest sentence about giving in the Bible: thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.

主要な箇所

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 2 Corinthians 9:10-12 2 Corinthians 9:15 2 Corinthians 8:9

Historical and literary context

Paul spent years organizing a relief fund among the Gentile churches for the famine-stricken church in Jerusalem, a project he saw as an expression of unity between Jewish and Gentile believers. Chapters 8 and 9 of this letter belong to that effort. The Corinthians in Achaia had promised a year earlier; the poorer Macedonian churches had since given beyond their means. Paul writes with tact and some pressure, having boasted of Corinth to Macedonia, and grounds the appeal in Scripture, quoting Psalm 112 and echoing Isaiah 55.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 5 handle the practical arrangements: Paul's boasting about Corinth, the brothers sent ahead, and the difference between a gift prepared generously and one extracted at the last minute. Verses 6 and 7 state the principle of sowing and the manner of giving: decided, uncoerced, cheerful. Verses 8 to 11 describe God as the supplier of both seed and bread, who enriches givers so they can be generous on every occasion. Verses 12 to 14 trace the results: needs met, thanksgiving overflowing, God glorified, and prayers of affection across the church. Verse 15 ends with thanks for God's own indescribable gift.

Why this chapter matters

This chapter is the New Testament's clearest statement of how and why to give. It replaces percentages and compulsion with decision, freedom, and gladness; it promises that God supplies generosity rather than rewarding it with riches; and it frames every gift as a link in a chain that ends in thanksgiving to God. "God loves a cheerful giver" has been quoted in nearly every collection taken since. The chapter's final line points beyond money entirely: the pattern for all giving is the gift of Christ himself.

Interpretive tension to watch

Verse 8 promises that God will make all grace abound so that the giver has "all that you need" and abounds in every good work. Is this a promise of material return on giving? The verse promises sufficiency for further generosity, not wealth for its own sake, and the "harvest" of verse 10 is explicitly a harvest of righteousness. How readers hold that line determines whether the chapter fuels generosity or the prosperity gospel.

この章のための質問

Paul wants the gift prepared generously and not begrudgingly. What is the difference between a gift and a payment, and which does your giving resemble?
Verse 7 locates giving in what a person has decided in the heart. What would it mean to decide your giving rather than react to appeals?
The chapter ends by calling Christ God's indescribable gift. How does that verse reframe everything said about money before it?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

ノートに追加

1 PORQUE cuanto á la suministración para los santos, por demás me es escribiros; 2 Pues conozco vuestro pronto ánimo, del cual me glorío yo entre los de Macedonia, que Acaya está apercibida desde el año pasado; y vuestro ejemplo ha estimulado á muchos. 3 Mas he enviado los hermanos, porque nuestra gloria de vosotros no sea vana en esta parte; para que, como lo he dicho, estéis apercibidos; 4 No sea que, si vinieren conmigo Macedonios, y os hallaren desapercibidos, nos avergoncemos nosotros, por no decir vosotros, de este firme gloriarnos. 5 Por tanto, tuve por cosa necesaria exhortar á los hermanos que fuesen primero á vosotros, y apresten primero vuestra bendición antes prometida, para que esté aparejada como de bendición, y no como de mezquindad. 6 Esto empero [digo]: El que siembra escasamente, también segará escasamente; y el que siembra en bendiciones, en bendiciones también segará. 7 Cada uno [dé] como propuso en su corazón: no con tristeza, ó por necesidad; porque Dios ama el dador alegre. 8 Y poderoso es Dios para hacer que abunde en vosotros toda gracia; á fin de que, teniendo siempre en todas las cosas todo lo que basta, abundéis para toda buena obra: 9 Como está escrito: Derramó, dió á los pobres; su justicia permanece para siempre. 10 Y el que da simiente al que siembra, también dará pan para comer, y multiplicará vuestra sementera, y aumentará los crecimientos de los frutos de vuestra justicia; 11 Para que estéis enriquecidos en todo para toda bondad, la cual obra por nosotros hacimiento de gracias á Dios. 12 Porque la suministración de este servicio, no solamente suple lo que á los santos falta, sino también abunda en muchos hacimientos de gracias á Dios: 13 Que por la experiencia de esta suministración glorifican á Dios por la obediencia que profesáis al evangelio de Cristo, y por la bondad de contribuir para ellos y para todos; 14 Asimismo por la oración de ellos á favor vuestro, los cuales os quieren á causa de la eminente gracia de Dios en vosotros. 15 Gracias á Dios por su don inefable.

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