2 Corinthians 9:6–15

The Cheerful Giver

^6dBut this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows ⁴bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^enot grudgingly or of ⁵necessity; for ^fGod loves a cheerful giver. ^8gAnd God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. ⁹As it is written:

^h“He has dispersed abroad,

He has given to the poor;

His righteousness endures forever.”

¹⁰Now ⁶may He who ⁱsupplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, ⁷supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your ^jrighteousness, ¹¹while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, ^kwhich causes thanksgiving through us to God. ¹²For the administration of this service not only ^lsupplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, ¹³while, through the proof of this ministry, they ^mglorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal ⁿsharing with them and all men, ¹⁴and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding ^ograce of God in you. ¹⁵Thanks be to God ^pfor His indescribable gift!