Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Proof (dokimh). Tests as of metals as in 2 Corinthians 2:9.
Abundance (perisseia). Late word from perisseuw, to overflow.
Their deep poverty (h kata baqouv ptwxeia autwn). Ptwxeia is old word from ptwxeuw, to be a beggar, as of Jesus in 2 Corinthians 8:9 (from ptwxov, cowering in fear and poverty, as in Luke 14:13, but ennobled by Christ as in Matthew 5:3; 2 Corinthians 8:9). Poverty down deep. Strabo (LX 419) has kata baqouv, down to the bottom.
Liberality (aplothtov). From aplouv, single, simple (Matthew 6:22). "The passage from single-mindedness or simplicity to liberality is not quite obvious" (Plummer). Perhaps "heartiness" supplies the connecting link. See also 2 Corinthians 9:11-13.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 17:4
Romans 11:33
Romans 12:7
2 Corinthians 2:9
2 Corinthians 8:9
2 Corinthians 8:14
2 Corinthians 9:11
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Hebrews 10:24
James 1:5
James 1:21
James 5:2
Revelation 2:9
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