Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:8

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:8 - 9:8

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:8 - 9:8

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15

Is able (dunatei). Late verb, not found except here; 2Co 13:3; Rom 14:4. So far a Pauline word made from dunatos, able.

All sufficiency (pāsan autarkeian). Old word from autarkēs (Phi 4:11), common word, in N.T. only here and 1Ti 6:6). The use of this word shows Paul’s acquaintance with Stoicism. Paul takes this word of Greek philosophy and applies it to the Christian view of life as independent of circumstances. But he does not accept the view of the Cynics in the avoidance of society. Note threefold use of “all” here (en panti, pantote, pāsan, in everything, always, all sufficiency).