One of the projects very dear to Paul was the money he was collecting for the Church of Jerusalem. This was the center of the new Christian faith community- the so called mother church. And they were poor. Paul hoped that all the Gentile Churches could help the main church in Jerusalem.
In this letter Paul reminds the people of Corinth of their duty and urges them to be generous. He tells them how generous the Macedonian Church had been. That church had given all they had to give. Paul encourages them to put their feelings into action. The Corinthians had been the first to accept this financial appeal, but had failed to produce. Paul wanted them to literally put their money where their heart was.
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