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2 Corinthians 9

1 Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;
2 for I know your willingness, about which I exult of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.
3 Yet I have sent the brethren, that our exulting of you should not be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready;
4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed in this confident exulting.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your bounty beforehand, which you had previously announced, that it may be ready as a blessing and not as greed.
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not from sorrow or out of duty; for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound for every good work.
9 As it is written: He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.
10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
11 while you are enriched in everything unto all sincerity, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
12 For the ministry of this service not only supplies what is lacking to the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
13 through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for your professed obedience to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men,
14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.

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