Sept. 29
2 Corinthians 9
2Co 9:1 It is indeed
unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the
saints,
2Co 9:2 for I know your
readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that
Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up
very many of them.
2Co 9:3 But I have sent
the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in
this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
2Co 9:4 so that I won't
by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you
unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in
this confident boasting.
2Co 9:5 I thought it
necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before
to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised
before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and
not of greediness.
2Co 9:6 Remember this:
he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2Co 9:7 Let each man
give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or
under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
2Co 9:8 And God is able
to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
2Co 9:9 As it is
written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His
righteousness remains forever."
2Co 9:10 Now may he who
supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply
your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
2Co 9:11 you being
enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us
thanksgiving to God.
2Co 9:12 For this
service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among
the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
2Co 9:13 seeing that
through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the
obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the
liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
2Co 9:14 while they
themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by
reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
2Co 9:15 Now thanks be
to God for his unspeakable gift!