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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 9 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_corinthians/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > 2 Corinthians 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/8.htm" title="2 Corinthians 8">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 9 <a href="../2_corinthians/10.htm" title="2 Corinthians 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/9-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God Loves a Cheerful Giver<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/16.htm">1 Corinthians 16:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now, concerning the ministry that is done toward the saints, it is not necessary for me to write to you. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I know your willing mind. I glory about you, concerning this, to the Macedonians. For Achaia has also been prepared, for the past year. And your example has inspired very many others. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now I have sent the brothers, so that what we glory about concerning you might be not be empty in this matter, in order that (as I have explained) you may be prepared. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Otherwise, if the Macedonians arrive with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you) would be ashamed in this matter. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore, I considered it necessary to ask the brothers to go to you in advance and to prepare this blessing as promised, and in this way, you may be ready as a blessing, not as an excess.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>just as it was written: “He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor; his justice remains from age to age.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he who ministers seed to the sower will offer you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So then, having been enriched in all things, you may abound in all simplicity, which works thanksgiving to God through us. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the ministration of this office not only supplies whatever the saints need, but also abounds through many thanksgivings in the Lord. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And so, through the evidence of this ministry, you glorify God by the obedience of your confession in the Gospel of Christ, and by the simplicity of your communion with them and with everyone, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and they offer prayers for you, being solicitous about you, because of the excellent grace of God within you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thanks be to God for his ineffable gift.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_corinthians/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>