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And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <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 all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As it is written: <p class="indent1stline">“He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; <p class="indent2"> His righteousness endures forever.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> See <a href="../proverbs/22.htm#8">Proverbs 22:8</a>, LXX addition.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../psalms/112.htm#9">Psalm 112:9</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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