2Corinthians 9
emtv@2Corinthians:9:1 @ Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you;
emtv@2Corinthians:9:2 @ for I know your readiness, about which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has provoked the majority.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:3 @ And I have sent the brothers, lest our boasting about you lose its justification in this matter, that just as I said, you may be prepared,
emtv@2Corinthians:9:4 @ lest perhaps if [some] Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:5 @ Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brothers, that they should go before [me] to you, and should arrange in advance your generous gift, which you had previously promised, [that] this would be ready, thus as a blessing and not as grudgingly given.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:6 @ But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:7 @ Let each [one give] just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:8 @ And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that in everything always having all sufficiency, you may abound for every good work,
emtv@2Corinthians:9:9 @ just as it is written: "He has dispersed, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever."
emtv@2Corinthians:9:10 @ Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
emtv@2Corinthians:9:11 @ in everything being made rich to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving through us to God.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:12 @ Because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
emtv@2Corinthians:9:13 @ while through the approved character of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and [for the] generosity of your sharing toward them and toward all,
emtv@2Corinthians:9:14 @ and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
emtv@2Corinthians:9:15 @ Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!