2 Corinthians 9

2 Corinthians 9
A folio of Papyrus 46 (written ca. AD 200), containing 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. This manuscript contains almost complete parts of the whole Pauline epistles.
BookSecond Epistle to the Corinthians
CategoryPauline epistles
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part8

2 Corinthians 9 is the ninth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE.[1]

This chapter continues "the topic of generous giving" [2] commenced in the previous chapter. The eighteenth-century German theologian Johann Salomo Semler suggested that this chapter was a separate letter later inserted into 2 Corinthians.[3] The Jerusalem Bible notes the possibility that chapter 9 was "a short note to the churches of Achaia, being inserted here subsequently to follow the instructions on the same subject ... in chapter 8.[4] The Pulpit Commentary rejects this suggestion.[5]

  1. ^ MacDonald 2007, p. 1134.
  2. ^ Buls, H. H., Buls' Notes: 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–14, accessed 5 September 2017
  3. ^ Kennedy, J. H., Are the two epistles in 2 Corinthians?, The Expositor, Series 5, Volume 6.3, September 1897
  4. ^ Jerusalem Bible, footnote a on 2 Corinthians 9, page 317
  5. ^ Pulpit Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9, accessed September 6, 2017