2 Corinthians 9:13

While by the proof of this ministry they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
By this service Paul and his companions are testing the Corinthians’ attitude and magnifying the Lord. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215
"Qui enim sunt ejusmodi, pseudapostoli, operarii dolosi "usque ad illud: "Quorum finis erit secundum opera eorum."

Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
By the experiment of this ministration. This almsgiving of yours will induce men to glorify God in Christ and to give thanks to Him for the law of grace which has stirred you up to this liberality. They will glorify Him first for your obedience to the Gospel, and then that you so obey its precepts as to show such charity and mercy.

The Apostolic Constitutions

AD 375
Therefore, God has opened an entrance to all the sons of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in order that they may be in the faith of profession towards Him,

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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