9Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you. ²For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians: ^u^v“Achaia ^w^xhas been prepared since last year,” and your zeal ^yhas stirred up most of them. ^z³But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said. ⁴For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be embarrassed in that situation. ^a⁵Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift ^byou promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion. ^c

⁶Remember this: ^dThe person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. ⁷Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves ^ea cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able ^fto make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work. ⁹As it is written:

He scattered; ^g

He gave to the poor;

His righteousness endures forever. ^hⁱ

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2 Corinthians 9:6–7: The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Footnotes

u9:2 Macedonia was a Roman province in the northern area of modern Greece.
w9:2 Achaia was the Roman province, south of Macedonia, where Corinth was located.
a9:4 Or in this confidence
d9:6 And this

Cross references

v9:2 Ac 16:9
x9:2 Ac 18:12
y9:2 Nm 25:13
z9:2 2Co 8:18; 12:18
b9:5 Ac 11:30
c9:5 Eph 5:3
e9:7 Lk 6:35; Jn 3:16; 12:43; 2Th 2:13; Rv 12:11
f9:8 Eph 3:20
g9:9 Jn 16:32
h9:9 Ps 112:9; 1Jn 2:17
i9:9 Ps 112:9