2 Corinthians 9:1
New International Version
There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.

New Living Translation
I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,

Berean Standard Bible
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

Berean Literal Bible
For it is superfluous for me to write to you now concerning the service for the saints.

King James Bible
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

New King James Version
Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

New American Standard Bible
For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints;

NASB 1995
For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints;

NASB 1977
For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints;

Legacy Standard Bible
For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints;

Amplified Bible
Now it is unnecessary for me to write to you about the offering [that is to be made] for the saints [in Jerusalem];

Christian Standard Bible
Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

American Standard Version
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But concerning the ministration of the Saints, I make it redundant if I write to you.

Contemporary English Version
I don't need to write you about the money you plan to give for God's people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For concerning the ministry that is done towards the saints, it is superfluous for me to write unto you.

English Revised Version
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I don't need to write anything further to you about helping the Christians [in Jerusalem].

Good News Translation
There is really no need for me to write you about the help being sent to God's people in Judea.

International Standard Version
I do not need to write to you any further about the ministry to the saints.

Literal Standard Version
For indeed, concerning the ministry that [is] for the holy ones, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

Majority Standard Bible
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

New American Bible
Now about the service to the holy ones, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

NET Bible
For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

New Revised Standard Version
Now it is not necessary for me to write you about the ministry to the saints,

New Heart English Bible
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

Webster's Bible Translation
For as concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

Weymouth New Testament
As to the services which are being rendered to God's people, it is really unnecessary for me to write to you.

World English Bible
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

Young's Literal Translation
For, indeed, concerning the ministration that is for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God Loves a Cheerful Giver
1Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you. 2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.…

Cross References
Acts 24:17
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Romans 15:31
Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

2 Corinthians 8:4
they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.


Treasury of Scripture

For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

touching.

Genesis 27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

1 Samuel 20:23
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

2 Kings 22:18
But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

the ministering.

2 Corinthians 9:12-14
For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; …

See on ch.

2 Corinthians 8:4
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

Galatians 2:10
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

it is.

1 Thessalonians 4:9,10
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another…

1 Thessalonians 5:1
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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2 Corinthians 9
1. He yields the reason why he sent Titus and his brothers beforehand.
6. And he proceeds in stirring them up to a bountiful alms, as being but a kind of sowing of seed,
10. which shall return a great increase to them,
13. and occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God.














IX.

(1) For as touching . . .--The division of chapters in the English version, unfortunately, gives the impression of the introduction of a new subject. In reality there is no new topic, and all flows on with unbroken continuity. This is part of the appeal to their self-respect begun in 2Corinthians 8:23-24. "You will pardon," he practically says, "my words of counsel as to the necessity of prompt action; as to the general duty of that ministration to the saints you have shown that you need no instruction."

Verse 1. - For. This word shows that he is continuing the same subject, and therefore excludes the supposition that this chapter is a separate letter or fragment. No doubt, however, the express mention of the collection after he has been practically writing about it through the whole of the last chapter looks as if he had been interrupted, or had left off dictating at the end of the last verse. Such breaks must often and necessarily have occurred in the dictation of the Epistles, and doubtless help to account for some of their phenomena. Perhaps, on reperusing the last paragraphs before resuming the subject he observed that, after all, he had not directly mentioned the contribution, and therefore explains that he thought it superfluous to do so. To the saints. The poor Christians of Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8:4). Superfluous. Because the subject had been already fully brought to their notice by himself and by Titus.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Now
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

about
Περὶ (Peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

service
διακονίας (diakonias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1248: Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

saints,
ἁγίους (hagious)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

there is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

no need
περισσόν (perisson)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4053: From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence.

for me
μοί (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

to write
γράφειν (graphein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

to you.
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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