2 Corinthians 9
9
Motivations for Giving
1Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you. 2For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians: # Macedonia was a Roman province in the northern area of modern Greece. # Ac 16:9 “Achaia # Achaia was the Roman province, south of Macedonia, where Corinth was located. # Ac 18:12 has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal # Nm 25:13 has stirred up most of them. # 2Co 8:18; 12:18 3But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said. 4For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be embarrassed in that situation. # Or in this confidence 5Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift # Ac 11:30 you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion. # Eph 5:3
6Remember this: # Lit And this The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. 7Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves # Lk 6:35; Jn 3:16; 12:43; 2Th 2:13; Rv 12:11 a cheerful giver. 8And God is able # Eph 3:20 to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work. 9As it is written:
He scattered; # Jn 16:32
He gave to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever. # Ps 112:9; 1Jn 2:17 # Ps 112:9
10Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. # Is 55:10-11; Hs 10:12 11You will be enriched # 1Co 1:5; 2Co 6:10 in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us. 12For the ministry of this service # Heb 8:6 is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God. 13They will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of # Or your obedient confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity # Php 4:10 in sharing with them and with others through the proof provided by this service. 14And they will have deep affection for # Or will long for you in their prayers on your behalf because of the surpassing grace of God in you. 15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.
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2 Corinthians 9
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1Now about this service to the kedoshim, it is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you—
2for I know your eagerness. I boast about it to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been preparing for a year already; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
3But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you may not be in vain in this case, so that you may be prepared, just as I kept saying.
4Otherwise, if any Macedonians were to come and find you unprepared, we—not to mention you—would be put to shame in this undertaking.
5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on to you and arrange ahead of time your generous gift that had been promised beforehand, so that it would be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.
Sowing and Reaping Generosity
6The point is this: whoever sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
7Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that by always having enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
9As it is written, “He scattered widely, He gave to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
10Now the One who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11You will be enriched in everything for all generosity, which through us brings about thanksgiving to God.
12For this service of giving is not only supplying the needs of the kedoshim, but is also overflowing with many thanksgivings to God.
13Because of the evidence of this service, they praise God for the obedience of your affirmation of the Good News of Messiah and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to everyone.
14And in their prayer for you, they long for you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
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