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20. στελλόμενοι τοῦτο. This fits on to συνεπέμψαμεν (2Co 8:18): taking care of this, that no man blame (2Co 6:3) us in the matter of this bounty which is being ministered by us. The Apostle desires to avoid all possibility of an accusation of having ‘kept back’ (Act 5:2) part of the money collected. In the Iliad (xvi. 857, xxii. 363, xxiv. 6) ἁδροτής is ‘solidity, strength’ especially of body, and here refers to the ‘plentifulness’ of the collection. It is perhaps an indirect suggestion that the Corinthians are sure to give plentifully.