2 Corinthians 8:8; Prove the Sincerity of Your Love

2 Corinthians 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

The Apostle Paul exhorts the church in Corinth to prove the sincerity of their love by their giving. The Corinthian church had resources by them more than they needed for themselves. Unlike the churches in Macedonia who despite their poverty sacrificially gave.

Indeed, as one observed well, “A rejected opportunity to give is a lost opportunity to receive.”¹ The Corinthian church would have missed out on the Lord’s blessing if they had withheld.

The Apostle Paul is not commanding piety rather gently jolted them on the path to the Lord’s larger blessing.

May the Lord enable His people with the grace to help others who are in need. Amen.

¹The Complete Book of Wise Words and Quotes.