8:192 Corinthians 8:19

A brother chosen by the churches traveled with Paul to help carry and administer the collection for the poor believers at Jerusalem.SW 112.2+3 The collection is called a grace, administered to bring glory to the Lord and to show the donors' willing, ready mind and love.SW 112.2+2 Placing the gift in the hands of church-chosen men as joint trustees guarded the work against suspicion and accusation of mishandling the money.Ms 101, 1906, par. 26–29+2 Giving is to be self-denying and willing, with believers giving themselves and their means to God and bringing their offerings freely when their hearts are stirred to see the need.Ms 58, 1905, par. 7+4 Means gathered for a destitute field belongs to that field and must be faithfully carried there, for to withhold or divert it to favored fields is wrong that will be met in judgment.SW 112.2+1

A brother chosen by the churches traveled with Paul and his companions to help carry and administer the collected contribution, with representatives selected to accompany them as joint trustees in that work.SW 112.2+4 The one sent was a church-selected representative and delegate, entrusted alongside Paul to share oversight of the gift in its transport and distribution.SW 112.2+4 This arrangement is commended as a lesson for those responsible for carrying help to needy fields.SW 112.2

The contribution is called a grace, administered for the glory of the same Lord and as declaration of the donors' ready, willing mind.SW 112.2+4 Its faithful administration honored the Lord while showing the Corinthians' readiness to give and the churches' willing love for the poor.SW 112.2+4 Entrusting the gift to church-chosen companions acting as joint trustees guarded against suspicion and ensured that no one could accuse Paul of mishandling the money.Ms 101, 1906, par. 26–29+2 The gift was for the poor believers in Jerusalem, demonstrating the Gentile believers' love and sympathy for the Jerusalem church, their desire for harmony with Jewish believers, and faithfulness to the promise to remember the poor.Ms 28, 1894, par. 2+1

2 Corinthians 8 belongs with the Lord's directions for the work of giving, to be taken as Bible principles with the word of God as counsellor, to be understood and practiced.STMW10 13.1+2 Following those directions in giving brings glory to God, and those who follow them have the glory of the Lord as their rereward.STMW10 13.1+1 The pattern shown is self-denial in which believers brought their offerings to the apostles, laying them at their feet and praying with much entreaty for them to receive the gift.Ms 58, 1905, par. 7+1

Giving means devoting means to God as well as giving self to His service, in cooperation with Him and in recognition that all belongs to Him.Lt 54a, 1894, par. 30–36+1 It calls for self-denial that turns money wasted on selfish gratification into His treasury, bringing blessing in return.Ms 100, 1899, par. 1–3+1 When God by His Spirit stirs hearts to see the necessities and needs of the work, gifts flow willingly and selflessly into the treasury for the proclamation of the truth and the message for this time.Ms 58, 1905, par. 7+1 That sacrificial liberality is the way blessing comes to God's people.Ms 58, 1905, par. 7+1

As God's people see things in a correct light and give liberally of entrusted means, they learn that as they impart they receive, for God gives to them that they may give to others.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30+1 The call to such liberality is to be read in the churches to inspire generous giving.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30 The eighth and ninth chapters are to be studied in connection with donations and the use of money.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30+1

Liberality gathered for a destitute field belongs to that field and must be faithfully carried there by church-chosen messengers to the glory of the Lord.SW 112.2+1 A representative selected by the churches traveled with Paul to help administer the gift, bringing glory to the Lord and demonstrating the willingness of the givers, and this example stands as a lesson for those responsible for helping the Southern field.SW 112.2+1 A hard field is no excuse for doing scarcely anything in it.Ms 164, 1897, par. 12–13 The entire profits and means appointed for bettering the condition of the destitute Southern field should have been used in that field, and to appropriate them to fields that have had much better advantages in every way is deception and increased wrong after light and warning have been given, a neglect that will be met in the judgment.Ms 164, 1897, par. 12–13 More is required than beginning where work ought to have begun years ago, for restitution must be made of the means diverted from the field, since the design for this work originated with God and the facilities are His from His treasury for His purposes and His specified methods, and He will reward according to the measure of neglect shown.Ms 164, 1897, par. 12–13

Selfish motives must not lead to withholding funds needed in unworked and foreign fields.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30+1 Believers are to see things in a correct light and willingly give of entrusted means to meet pressing emergencies in aggressive warfare, including giving for other parts of the field beyond their own borders.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30+1 The liberal spirit of the Macedonians who gave beyond their power to the cause calling for their help is to be emulated so that advance moves can be made where the field is ready.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30+1 As they give liberally they learn that as they impart they receive, for God gives to them that they may give to others.Ms 1, 1901, par. 29–30

The instruction directs newly believing, poor working people with large families dependent on daily labor to build a humble church where they can assemble to worship God.Lt 54a, 1894, par. 30–36 Spoken as a message from God in demonstration of the Spirit, it produces willingness beyond power, with each one giving liberally even in deep poverty to the glory of the Lord and as declaration of a ready mind.Lt 54a, 1894, par. 30–36 Its instruction is that believers should give to relieve the debt of the Scandinavian institutions and support God's work.Ms 148, 1901, par. 12–15 It calls brethren and sisters in the faith, though many are poor, to give means to build the Sydney Sanitarium, showing that poverty does not shut anyone out from the privilege of giving to uplift people to an elevated plane of action.Ms 12, 1900, par. 11–12