{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/co2008.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/co2008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/co2008.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nMoreover\nIn 2 Corintians 8-9, the apostle sums up the Christian doctrine of giving. It may be thus summarized:\n(1) It is a \"grace,\" that is, a disposition created by the Spirit. (Co2 8:7).\n(2) In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and love. (Co2 8:8-12); (Co2 9:1); (Co2 9:2); (Co2 9:5); (Co2 9:7).\n(3) The privilege is universal, belonging, according to ability, to rich and poor. (Co2 8:1-3); (Co2 8:12-15); (Co1 16:1); (Co1 16:2).\n(4) Giving is to be proportioned to income. (Co2 8:12-14); (Co1 16:2). The Old Testament proportion was the tithe, a proportion which antedates the law. (Gen 14:20).\n(5) The rewards of Christian giving are:\n(a) joy. (Co2 8:2).\n(b) increased ability to give in proportion to that which has been already given. (Co2 9:7-11).\n(c) increased thankfulness to God. (Co2 9:12).\n(d) God and the Gospel glorified. (Co2 9:13); (Co2 9:14).\nwilling\nSee (Co2 8:10-12).\n(See Scofield) - (Co2 8:1).","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: 2 Corinthians: 2 Corinthia...","type":"page"}