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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I don’t want to be wrong in my boasting about you. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4We would be embarrassed—not to mention your own embarrassment—if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you weren’t ready after all I had told them! |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.” |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words! |
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