| 1 | It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints, | Gn 27:42 1Sa 20:23 2Ki 22:18 Jb 37:23 Ps 45:1 Mt 22:31 Ro 11:28 Php 3:5 Php 3:6 |
| 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 8:8 2Co 8:10 2Co 8:19 1Th 1:7 |
| 3 | But I have sent the brothers, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect, that, even as I said, you may be prepared, | 2Co 9:4 2Co 7:14 2Co 8:6 2Co 8:17-24 |
| 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 put to shame in this confident boasting. | 2Co 9:2 2Co 8:1-5 |
| 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 8:6 1Co 16:2 |
| 6 | Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. | 1Co 1:12 1Co 7:29 1Co 15:20 Ga 3:17 Ga 5:16 Eph 4:17 Col 2:4 |
| 7 | Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. | Dt 15:7-11 Dt 15:14-11 Pr 23:6-8 Isa 32:5 Isa 32:8 Jm 5:9 1Pe 4:9 |
| 8 | God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. | 2Ch 25:9 Ps 84:11 Pr 3:9 Pr 10:22 Pr 11:24 Pr 28:27 Hg 2:8 Mal 3:10 Php 4:18 |
| 9 | As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever." | Ps 112:9 |
| 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; | Gn 1:11 Gn 1:12 Gn 47:19 Gn 47:23 Gn 47:24 Isa 55:10 |
| 11 | you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. | 2Co 8:2 2Co 8:3 1Ch 29:12-14 2Ch 31:10 Pr 3:9 Pr 3:10 Mal 3:10 Mal 3:11 1Ti 6:17 1Ti 6:18 |
| 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 9:1 2Co 8:4 |
| 13 | seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all; | Ps 50:23 Mt 5:16 Jn 15:8 Ac 4:21 Ac 11:18 Ac 21:19 Ac 21:20 Ga 1:24 1Pe 2:9 1Pe 4:11 |
| 14 | while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. | 2Co 1:11 Ezr 6:8-10 Ps 41:1 Ps 41:2 Pr 11:26 Lk 16:9 Php 4:18 Php 4:19 2Ti 1:16-18 |
| 15 | Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift! | 2Co 9:11 2Co 2:14 1Ch 16:8 1Ch 16:35 Ps 30:4 Ps 30:12 Ps 92:1 Lk 2:14 Lk 2:38 1Co 15:57 Eph 5:20 Jm 1:17 Rev 4:9 |
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