2 Corinthians 9:1-7 ▼

1 As to the relief of the converts, it is superfluous for me to write to you.

2 for I know your generous propensity, and I mention'd it with applause to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; so that your zeal has influenc'd many others.

3 yet have I sent the brethren, that my character of you may not appear to be groundless, with respect to that part wherein I said, ye would be ready:

4 for if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, how shall I, not to say you, be ashamed for having had so little ground to boast of you?

5 I thought it therefore necessary to counsel the brethren to go before, and settle the management of the contribution by this previous notice, that it might have such dispatch, as shows a bountiful, and not a niggardly temper.

6 remember, " he who sows sparingly, shall reap also sparingly: and he who sows bountifully, shall reap also bountifully."

7 let every man give as he is disposed in his own mind, without any regret or reluctance: for God loves a cheerful benefactor.