2 Corinthians 9
1 Now, about the service for the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
2 For I know your eagerness, which I boast about to the Macedonians: Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
3 But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, and so that, as I was saying, you may be ready.
4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be put to shame in this confidence.
5 So I thought it necessary to ask the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had already promised, so that it would be ready as a generous gift, and not as something grudgingly given.
6 Here is the point: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not sadly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that, always having all you need in every way, you may abound in every good work.
9 As it is written: “He scattered freely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”
10 And the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread to eat will supply and multiply your seed, and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11 You are enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
12 For carrying out this service not only supplies what the saints lack, but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God.
13 Through the proof this service provides, they glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to everyone.
14 And in their prayers for you, they long for you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
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