What Does 2 Corinthians 8:1 Mean in the King James?

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

2 Corinthians 8:1 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

God’s favor is given among communities, where it becomes a shared reality.

THE MEANING

God’s favor is active among people together, and this verse makes that reality known to you now. What is received among a people can be encountered in the life they share.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It loosens the belief that favor is only a private possession; here, it is bestowed among a people.

THE ROOT

χάρις

charis

GROWS FROM

χαρ

char

Favor or goodwill; in this word-family, the same seed also flowers in joy and rejoicing.

English “grace” can sound like a quality held by God, while ⁨χάρις⁩ (charis, favor) here is given among the Macedonian assemblies. The related ⁨χαρά⁩ (chara, joy) in the next verse reveals a connection between received favor and communal joy.

ALSO GROWS

chara: Joy

χαρά

This related word echoes in the next verse, where the assemblies’ joy appears alongside the favor named here.

charizomai: To grant freely; to show favor

χαρίζομαι

This branch shows favor as something expressed through giving, not merely a quality or feeling.

THE PATTERN

Favor is received as a gift and becomes visible through what people share and carry together.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Exodus 33:17 · KJVFavor is something Moses receives, not something he produces for himself.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Romans 12:6 · KJVThe favor given to people takes shape in differing gifts within their shared life.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 4:10 · KJVWhat each person receives becomes something shared with one another.

THE THREAD

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

2 Corinthians 8:2 · KJV

Verse 1 names ⁨χάρις⁩ (charis, favor) given among the assemblies; verse 2 names their ⁨χαρά⁩ (chara, joy), a related word from the same word-family. The next verse lets you see favor and joy together in the life of the community.

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