2 Corinthians 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints, Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.
2 because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them. for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
3 But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them. But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be. But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.
4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.
6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
9 Just as it is written, |He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.| As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”
10 Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
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