ASV_Strong : 2 Corinthians 9
1. For[G1063] as touching[G4012, Ezekiel3] the ministering[G1248] to[G1519] the saints[G40], it is[G2076] superfluous[G4053] for me[G3427] to write[G1125] to you[G5213]:
2. for[G1063] I know[G1492] your readiness[G4288], [G5216] of which[G3739] I glory[G2744] on your[G5216] behalf[G5228] to them of Macedonia[G3110], that[G3754] Achaia[G882] hath been prepared[G3903] for[G575] a year past[G4070]; and[G2532, 1537] your[G5216] zeal[G2205] hath stirred[G2042] up very many of them[G4119].
3. But[G1161] I have sent[G3992] the brethren[G80], that[G2443] our[G2257] glorying[G2745] on[G5228] your[G5216] behalf may not[G3361] be made void[G2758] in[G1722] this[G5129] respect[G3313]; that[G2443], even as[G2531] I said[G3004], ye may[G3903] be[G5600] prepared[G3903]:
4. lest by any means[G3381], if[G1437] there come[G2064] with[G4862] me[G1698] any of Macedonia[G3110] and[G2532] find[G2147] you[G5209] unprepared[G532], we[G2249] (that[G2443] we say[G3004] not[G3361], ye[G5210]) should be put to shame[G2617] in[G1722] this[G3778, 5287] confidence[G2746].
5. I thought it[G2233] necessary[G316] therefore[G3767] to entreat[G3870] the brethren[G80], that[G2443] they would go before[G4281] unto[G1519] you[G5209], and[G2532] make up beforehand[G4294] your[G5216] aforepromised[G4293] bounty[G2129], that the same[G3778] might be[G1511, 3779] ready[G2092] as[G5613] a[G3779] matter of bounty[G2129], and[G2532] not[G3361] of extortion[G4124].
6. But[G1161] this[G5124] I say[G3588], He that soweth[G4687] sparingly[G5340] shall reap[G2325] also[G2532] sparingly[G5340]; and[G2532] he[G3588] that soweth[G4687, Esther9] bountifully[G2129] shall reap[G2325] also[G2532, Esther9] bountifully[G2129].
7. Let each man[G1538] do according as[G2531] he hath purposed[G4255] in his heart[G2588]: not[G3361, 1537] grudgingly[G3077], or[G2228] of[G1537] necessity[G318]: for[G1063] God[G2316] loveth[G25] a cheerful[G2431] giver[G1395].
8. And[G1161] God[G2316] is able[G1415] to make all[G3956] grace[G5485] abound[G4052] unto[G1519] you[G5209]; that[G2443] ye[G2192], having always[G3842] all[G3956] sufficiency[G841] in[G1722] everything[G3956], may abound[G4052] unto[G1519] every[G3956] good[G18] work[G2041]:
9. as[G2531] it is written[G1125], He hath scattered abroad[G4650], he hath given[G1325] to the poor[G3993]; His[G846] righteousness[G1343] abideth[G3306] for[G1519] ever[G165].
10. And[G1161] he that[G3588] supplieth[G2023] seed[G4690] to the sower[G4687] and[G2532, 5524] bread[G740] for[G1519] food[G1035], shall supply and[G2532] multiply[G4129] your[G5216] seed for sowing[G4703], and[G2532] increase[G837] the fruits[G1081] of your[G5216] righteousness[G1343]:
11. ye being enriched[G4148] in[G1722] everything[G3956] unto[G1519] all[G3956] liberality[G572], which[G3748] worketh[G2716] through[G1223] us[G2257] thanksgiving[G2169] to God[G2316].
12. For[G3754] the ministration[G1248] of this[G3778] service[G3009] not[G3756] only[G3440] filleth[G4322] up the measure of the wants[G5303] of the saints[G40], but[G235, Exodus76] aboundeth[G4052] also[G2532] through[G1223] many[G4183] thanksgivings[G2169] unto God[G2316];
13. seeing that[G1223] through the proving[G1382] of you by this[G3778] ministration[G1248] they glorify[G1392] God[G2316] for[G1909] the obedience[G5292] of your[G5216] confession[G3671] unto[G1519] the gospel[G2098] of Christ[G5547], and[G2532] for the liberality[G572] of your contribution[G2842] unto[G1519] them[G846] and[G2532] unto[G1519] all[G3956];
14. while[G2532] they themselves[G846] also[G1162], with supplication on your[G5216] behalf[G5228], long after[G1971] you[G5209] by reason[G1223] of the exceeding[G5235] grace[G5485] of God[G2316] in[G1909] you[G5213].
15. Thanks[G5485] be to[G1909] God[G2316] for[G1161] his[G846] unspeakable[G411] gift[G1431].
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