2 Corinthians 9:1-5

1Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

2For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, “Achaia has been ready since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

3But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.

4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be put to shame in that situation.

5Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.