2Cor 9
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Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to
you;
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for I know your readiness, about which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians,
that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has provoked the majority.
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And I have sent the brothers, lest our boasting about you lose its justification in
this matter, that just as I said, you may be prepared,
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lest perhaps if [some] Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to
mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting.
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Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brothers, that they should go before
[me] to you, and should arrange in advance your generous gift, which you had previously
promised, [that] this would be ready, thus as a blessing and not as grudgingly given.
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But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully.
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Let each [one give] just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that in everything always having
all sufficiency, you may abound for every good work,
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just as it is written: "He has dispersed, He has given to the poor; His righteousness
endures forever."
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Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply
the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
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in everything being made rich to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving through
us to God.
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Because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the needs of the saints,
but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
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while through the approved character of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience
of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and [for the] generosity of your sharing
toward them and toward all,
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and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God
in you.
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Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!