the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Galatians 2:10
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They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.
Only they asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.
The only suggestion they made was that we keep looking after the poor. But we were already doing that and weren't going to stop.
Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.
only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.
They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I made every effort to do.
They only asked us to remember the poor -- which very thing I was also zealous to do.
the same which I also was forward to do.
Only they urged that we should remember their poor--a thing which was uppermost in my own mind.
Onely they would that wee should remember the poore, the same which I also was forward to doe.
only that we might remember the poor, which same thing I was eager to do.
onely that we shulde remebre the poore, which thinge also I was diligent to do.
only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do.
They asked only [one thing], that we remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
warnynge only that we shulde remember the poore. Which thinge also I was diligent to do.
only [they wanted] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.
The only thing they asked us was to remember to help the poor—something I really wanted to do.
They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
They only asked us to be mindful of the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
They only asked us to remember the poor, and that was something I had always been eager to do.
Their only request was that we should remember the poor — which very thing I have spared no pains to do.
Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; and that I have endeavored to do.
They only asked us to remember the poor -- which very thing I was also zealous to do.
The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.Acts 11:30; 24:17; Romans 15:25; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 8:1-13; 9:1-27;">[xr]
only (requiring) that of the poor we should be mindful; and I have been solicitous to do this same thing.
10 Only [fn] that we would be mindful of the needy; and I was solicitous to do the same.
They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.
Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.
They asked us to do only one thing. We were to remember to help poor people. I think this is important also.
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.
Only that we should remember, the destitute, - as to which I had given diligence, this very thing, to do.
Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
They asked only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.
Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.
They asked us to do only one thing—to remember to help those who are poor. And this was something that I really wanted to do.
They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.
All they asked was that we should remember the needy in their group, which is the very thing I have been eager to do.
oneli that we hadde mynde of pore men `of Crist, the which thing Y was ful bisi to doon.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that: Acts 11:29, Acts 11:30, Acts 24:17, Romans 15:25-27, 1 Corinthians 16:1, 1 Corinthians 16:2, 2 Corinthians 8:1 - 2 Corinthians 9:15, Hebrews 13:16, James 2:15, James 2:16, 1 John 3:17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:35 - then Esther 9:22 - sending portions Job 31:16 - withheld Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 26:11 - ye have John 12:6 - not John 13:29 - that 2 Corinthians 8:4 - the ministering Galatians 2:6 - in
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Only they would that we should remember the poor,.... Not in a spiritual sense, as some have thought, though these the apostle was greatly mindful of; but properly and literally the poor as to the things of this world; and may design the poor in general, everywhere, in the several churches where they should be called to minister, and particularly the poor saints at Jerusalem; who were become such, either through the frequent calamities of the nation, and a dearth or scarcity of provisions among them, and which affected the whole country; or rather through the persecutions of their countrymen, who plundered them of their goods for professing the name of Christ; or it may be through their having given up all their substance into one common stock and fund, as they did at first, and which was now exhausted, and that in a great measure by assisting out of it the preachers who first spread the Gospel among the Gentiles; so that it was but just that they should make some return unto them, and especially for the spiritual favours they received from them, as the Gospel, and the ministers of it, which first went out of Jerusalem: the "remembering" of them not only intends giving them actual assistance according to their abilities, which was very small, but mentioning their case to the several Gentile churches, and stirring them up to a liberal contribution:
the same which I also was forward to do; as abundantly appears from his epistles to the churches, and especially from his two epistles to the Corinthians. Now since the apostles at Jerusalem desired nothing else but this, and said not a word concerning the observance of the rites and ceremonies of the law, and neither found fault with, nor added to the Gospel the apostle communicated to them, it was a clear case that there was an entire agreement between them, in principle and practice, and that he did not receive his Gospel from them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Only they would that we should remember the poor - That is, as I suppose, the poor Christians in Judea. It can hardly be supposed that it would be necessary to make this an express stipulation in regard to the converts from among the Gentiles, and it would not have been very pertinent to the case before them to have done so. The object was, to bind together the Christians from among the pagan and from among the Jews, and to prevent alienation and unkind feeling. It might have been alleged that Paul was disposed to forget his own countrymen altogether; that he regarded himself as so entirely the apostle of the Gentiles that he would become wholly alienated from those who were his âkinsmen according to the flesh,â and thus it might be apprehended that unpleasant feelings would be engendered among those who had been converted from among the Jews. Now nothing could be better adapted to allay this than for him to pledge himself to feel a deep interest in the poor saints among the Jewish converts; to remember them in his prayers; and to endeavor to secure contributions for their needs.
Thus he would show that he was not alienated from his countrymen; and thus the whole church would be united in the closest bonds. It is probable that the Christians in Judea were at that time suffering the ills of poverty arising either from some public persecution, or from the fact that they were subject to the displeasure of their countrymen. All who know the special feelings of the Jews at that time in regard to Christians, must see at once that many of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth would be subjected to great inconveniences on account of their attachment to him. Many a wife might be disowned by her husband; many a child disinherited by a parent; many a man might be thrown out of employment by the fact that others would not countenance him; and hence, many of the Christians would be poor. It became, therefore, an object of special importance to provide for them; and hence, this is so often referred to in the New Testament. In addition to this, the church in Judea was afflicted with famine; compare Acts 11:30; Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7.
The same which I also was forward to do - See the passages just referred to. Paul interested himself much in the collection for the poor saints at Jerusalem, and in this way he furnished the fullest evidence that he was not alienated from them, but that he felt the deepest interest in those who were his kindred. One of the proper ways of securing union in the church is to have the poor with them and depending on them for support; and hence, every church has some poor persons as one of the bonds of union. The best way to unite all Christians, and to prevent alienation, and jealousy, and strife, is to have a great common object of charity, in which all are interested and to which all may contribute. Such a common object for all Christians is a sinful world. All who bear the Christian name may unite in promoting its salvation, and nothing would promote union in the now divided and distracted church of Christ like a deep and common interest in the salvation of all mankind.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 10. Only they would that we should remember the poor — They saw plainly that God had as expressly called Barnabas and me to go to the Gentiles as he had called them to preach to the Jews; and they did not attempt to give us any new injunctions, only wished us to remember the poor in Judea; but this was a thing to which we were previously disposed.
