What are 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 about?

Second Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 are entirely instructions on Christian grace-age giving. Paul addresses the sensitive subject of the believer's billfold, encouraging the Corinthians and using their example to exhort other churches throughout Achaia and Macedonia. This follows his earlier correction in 1 Corinthians.

Les explains that in 1 Corinthians Paul had to address a church full of problems, and he almost felt bad about it. Within about a year, Paul writes 2 Corinthians with a whole different attitude—no longer condemning but encouraging and exhorting them. He boasts about them to the other churches in Achaia and Macedonia. Then he turns to a still-touchy subject: their billfold. Chapters 8 and 9 are entirely instructions on Christian grace-age giving.

2 Corinthians 8

2 Corinthians 9

What does Paul tell the Corinthians to do about their offerings in 2 Corinthians 8?

Paul admonishes the Corinthians to get their offerings in order and to give. These early churches met in homes and had no full-paid pastors or building complexes, so their local church economy was very limited. Even so, Paul encourages these Gentiles to bring their offerings.