2 Corinthians 8:6 (WEB)
So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
Catechism · 1
“In the Beatitudes "poverty" is the virtue of sharing: it calls us to communicate and share both material and spiritual goods, not by coercion but out of love, so that the abundance of some may remedy the needs of others.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Cor 8:1-15.
Fathers and councils · 3
Theodoret of Cyrus
“…drawn aside by their own vile doctrine, then began to say one to another, Let us agree, for we are also of God; ‘There is but one God, by whom are all things; ‘Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new, and all things are of God.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. viii. 6
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Augustine of Hippo
“For we provide for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. viii. 1–21
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…to us there is but One God, the Father, of Whom are all things, and One Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom are all things; and One Holy Ghost, in Whom are all things; yet these words, of, by, in, whom, do not denote a difference of nature (for if this were the case, the three prepositions, or the order of the three names…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. viii. 6.
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