Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Corinthians: Chapter 9].
9:13 {Seeing that they glorify God} (\doxazontes ton theon\).
Anacoluthon again. The nominative participle used independently
like \ploutizomenoi\ in verse 11. {Obedience} (\hupotag•i\).
Late and rare word from \hupotass•\, to subject, middle to obey.
Only in Paul in N.T. {Of your confession} (\t•s homologias
hum•n\). Old word from \homologe•\ (\homologos, homou, leg•\), to
say together. It is either to profess (Latin _profiteor_, to
declare openly) or to confess (Latin _confiteor_, to declare
fully, to say the same thing as another). Both confess and
profess are used to translate the verb and each idea is present
in the substantive. Only the context can decide. Actions speak
louder than words. The brethren in Jerusalem will know by this
collection that Gentiles make as good Christians as Jews. {For
the liberality of your contribution} (\haplot•ti t•s koin•nias\).
This is the point that matters just now. Paul drives it home. On
this use of \koin•nia\ see on ¯8:4.
9:14 {While they themselves long after you} (\aut•n
epipothount•n\). Genitive absolute of present active participle
of \epipothe•\ (5:2). {In you} (\eph' humin\). Upon you.
9:15 {Thanks be to God} (\charis t•i the•i\). Third time (verses
11,12,15). {For his unspeakable gift} (\epi t•i anekdi•g•t•i
autou d•re•i\). One of Paul's gems flashed out after the somewhat
tangled sentence (verses 10-14) like a gleam of light that
clears the air. Words fail Paul to describe the gift of Christ to
and for us. He may have coined this word as it is not found
elsewhere except in ecclesiastical writers save as a variant (B
L) for \adi•g•ton\ in Aristeas 99 (\thaumasmon anekdi•g•ton\,
"wonder beyond description," Moulton and Milligan's
_Vocabulary_). See similar word in Ro 11:33 (\anexichniasta\,
unsearchable) and Eph 3:8.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(2 Corinthians: Chapter 9)