2Corinthians:9-10
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For as touching the ministering to the saints ,
it is (
5748 )
superfluous for me to write (
5721 )
to you :
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For I know (
5758 )
the forwardness of your mind ,
for which I boast (
5736 )
of you to them of Macedonia ,
that Achaia was ready (
5769 )
a year ago ;
and your zeal hath provoked (
5656 )
very many .
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Yet have I sent (
5656 )
the brethren ,
lest our boasting of you should be in vain (
5686 )
in this behalf ;
that ,
as I said (
5707 ),
ye may be (
5753 )
ready (
5772 ):
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Lest haply if they of Macedonia come (
5632 )
with me ,
and find (
5632 )
you unprepared ,
we (
that we say (
5725 )
not ,
ye )
should be ashamed (
5686 )
in this same confident boasting .
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Therefore I thought (
5662 )
it necessary to exhort (
5658 )
the brethren ,
that they would go before (
5632 )
unto you ,
and make up beforehand (
5661 )
your bounty ,
whereof ye had notice before (
5772 ),
that the same might be (
5750 )
ready ,
as a matter of bounty ,
and not as of covetousness .
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But this I say ,
He which soweth (
5723 )
sparingly shall reap (
5692 )
also sparingly ;
and he which soweth (
5723 )
bountifully shall reap (
5692 )
also bountifully .
*
Every man according as he purposeth (
5736 )
in his heart ,
so let him give ;
not grudgingly ,
or of necessity :
for God loveth (
5719 )
a cheerful giver .
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And God is able to make all grace abound (
5658 )
toward you ;
that ye ,
always having (
5723 )
all sufficiency in all things ,
may abound (
5725 )
to every good work :
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As it is written (
5769 ),
He hath dispersed abroad (
5656 );
he hath given (
5656 )
to the poor :
his righteousness remaineth (
5719 )
for ever .
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Now he that ministereth (
5723 )
seed to the sower (
5723 )
both minister (
5659 )
bread for your food ,
and multiply (
5659 )
your seed sown ,
and increase (
5659 )
the fruits of your righteousness ;)
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Being enriched (
5746 )
in every thing to all bountifulness ,
which causeth (
5736 )
through us thanksgiving to God .
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For the administration of this service not only supplieth (
5748 ) (
5723 )
the want of the saints ,
but is abundant (
5723 )
also by many thanksgivings unto God ;
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Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify (
5723 )
God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ ,
and for your liberal distribution unto them ,
and unto all men ;
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And by their prayer for you ,
which long after (
5723 )
you for the exceeding (
5723 )
grace of God in you .
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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift .
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Now I Paul myself beseech (
5719 )
you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ ,
who in presence am base among you ,
but being absent (
5752 )
am bold (
5719 )
toward you :
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But I beseech (
5736 )
you ,
that I may not be bold (
5658 )
when I am present (
5752 )
with that confidence ,
wherewith I think (
5736 )
to be bold (
5658 )
against some ,
which think (
5740 )
of us as if we walked (
5723 )
according to the flesh .
*
For though we walk (
5723 )
in the flesh ,
we do not war (
5731 )
after the flesh :
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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal ,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ;)
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Casting down (
5723 )
imaginations ,
and every high thing that exalteth itself (
5734 )
against the knowledge of God ,
and bringing into captivity (
5723 )
every thought to the obedience of Christ ;
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And having (
5723 )
in a readiness to revenge (
5658 )
all disobedience ,
when your obedience is fulfilled (
5686 ).
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Do ye look on (
5719 )
things after the outward appearance ?
If any man trust (
5754 )
to himself that he is (
5750 )
Christs ,
let him of himself think (
5737 )
this again ,
that ,
as he is Christs ,
even so are we Christs .
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For though I should boast (
5667 )
somewhat more of our authority ,
which the Lord hath given (
5656 )
us for edification ,
and not for your destruction ,
I should not be ashamed (
5701 ):
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That I may not seem (
5661 )
as if I would terrify (
5721 )
you by letters .
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For his letters ,
say they (
5748 ),
are weighty and powerful ;
but his bodily presence is weak ,
and his speech contemptible (
5772 ).
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Let such an one think (
5737 )
this ,
that ,
such as we are (
5748 )
in word by letters when we are absent (
5752 ),
such will we be also in deed when we are present (
5752 ).
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For we dare (
5719 )
not make ourselves of the number (
5658 ),
or compare ourselves with (
5658 )
some that commend (
5723 )
themselves :
but they measuring (
5723 )
themselves by themselves ,
and comparing themselves among (
5723 )
themselves ,
are not wise (
5719 ).
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But we will not boast (
5695 )
of things without our measure ,
but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed (
5656 )
to us ,
a measure to reach (
5635 )
even unto you .
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For we stretch not ourselves beyond (
5719 )
our measure ,
as though we reached (
5740 )
not unto you :
for we are come (
5656 )
as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ :
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Not boasting (
5740 )
of things without our measure ,
that is ,
of other mens labours ;
but having (
5723 )
hope ,
when your faith is increased (
5746 ),
that we shall be enlarged (
5683 )
by you according to our rule abundantly ,
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To preach the gospel (
5670 )
in the regions beyond you ,
and not to boast (
5664 )
in another mans line of things made ready to our hand .
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But he that glorieth (
5740 ),
let him glory (
5737 )
in the Lord .
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For not he that commendeth (
5723 )
himself is (
5748 )
approved ,
but whom the Lord commendeth (
5719 ).
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Would to God ye could bear (
5711 )
with me a little in my folly :
and indeed bear (
5736 )
with me .
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