Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today
At a time when Christian preachers employ all forms of gimmicks to persuade people to give, examining Paul’s model of appeal in the collection for the saints, particularly 2 Corinthians 8:7–12, would prove helpful. Paul avows that he is not commanding the Corinthians and takes pains to demonstrat...
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| description | At a time when Christian preachers employ all forms of gimmicks to persuade
people to give, examining Paul’s model of appeal in the collection for the saints,
particularly 2 Corinthians 8:7–12, would prove helpful. Paul avows that he is not
commanding the Corinthians and takes pains to demonstrate that. This paper,
therefore, employed a lexico-grammatical method of exegesis to explore Paul’s
preferred approach and what it portends for the church’s rhetoric at fundraising
towards ensuring results, on one hand, and integrity, on the other hand. It discovered
that for Paul and Christian giving in general, sounding authoritative while calling
for funds would inadvertently compromise the ethics of freewill giving, which
is at the core of Christian generosity. Rather an appeal to the people’s gracious
endowments, the earnestness of their love, free will and proportionate giving would
be more fruitful and girded with integrity; the kind of giving acceptable to God. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-235fd70dc58b4ae58c5959bc3e9647eb2023-08-02T02:12:27ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies2458-73382022-03-01835967https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2022831Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church TodayJones Otisi Kalu 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-5047 Ezichi A. Ituma1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1985-4578 Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, NigeriaDepartment of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, NigeriaAt a time when Christian preachers employ all forms of gimmicks to persuade people to give, examining Paul’s model of appeal in the collection for the saints, particularly 2 Corinthians 8:7–12, would prove helpful. Paul avows that he is not commanding the Corinthians and takes pains to demonstrate that. This paper, therefore, employed a lexico-grammatical method of exegesis to explore Paul’s preferred approach and what it portends for the church’s rhetoric at fundraising towards ensuring results, on one hand, and integrity, on the other hand. It discovered that for Paul and Christian giving in general, sounding authoritative while calling for funds would inadvertently compromise the ethics of freewill giving, which is at the core of Christian generosity. Rather an appeal to the people’s gracious endowments, the earnestness of their love, free will and proportionate giving would be more fruitful and girded with integrity; the kind of giving acceptable to God.https://noyam.org/erats2022831/corinthiansfreewill givingfundraisingpaul’s collectionproportionate giving |
| spellingShingle | Jones Otisi Kalu Ezichi A. Ituma Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies corinthians freewill giving fundraising paul’s collection proportionate giving |
| title | Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today |
| title_full | Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today |
| title_fullStr | Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today |
| title_full_unstemmed | Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today |
| title_short | Οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω.' Paul's Fundraising Appeal in 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 and Implications for the Church Today |
| title_sort | οὐ κατ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω paul s fundraising appeal in 2 corinthians 8 7 12 and implications for the church today |
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