2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 4 Holy Bible
beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
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Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:
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begging of us with much entreaty [to give effect to] the grace and fellowship of the service which [was to be rendered] to the saints.
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Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
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begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
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with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Praying us. The entreaties came from them, not from me. That we would receive. These words are almost certainly an explanatory gloss. The translation then is, "begging us for the grace of participation in this ministration to the saints." They were so willing in the matter that they entreated me, as a favour (χάρις), to allow them to have a share in this contribution, because it was to be given to the saints, that is, the suffering peer in the Church of Jerusalem. This Church suffered from chronic poverty. Even the Jewish population were liable to famines, in one of which they had only been kept alive by the royal munificence of a proselyte, Queen Helena,of Adiabene. The Christians would, of course, suffer even more deeply, because they were drawn from the humblest classes and had fewer friends. This was one of the reasons why, as an act of common humanity, it was incumbent on the Gentile Christians to help them (Acts 11:29; Romans 15:25, 26). St. Paul had already brought the subject to the notice of the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:1-4).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Praying us with much intreaty . . .--The words "that we would receive" are not in the Greek, which literally runs: asking of us the grace (or favour) and fellowship in the ministry of the saints, i.e., asking to be allowed to share in it.