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2 Corinthians 9

God Gives Most

1For 1it is superfluousG4053 for me to writeG1125 to you aboutG4012 thisG3588 2ministryG1248 to the 3saintsG40; 2for I knowG3609 your willingnessG4288, of whichG3739 I 4boastG2744 aboutG5228 you to the 5MacedoniansG3110, namely, that 6AchaiaG882 has been preparedG3903 sinceG575 7lastG4070 yearG4070, and your zealG2205 has stirredG2042 upG2042 mostG4183 of them. 3But I have sentG3992 the brothersG80, inG2443 orderG2443 thatG2443 our 8boastingG2745 aboutG5228 you may not proveG2758 emptyG2758 in thisG3778 caseG3313, soG2443 thatG2443, 9as I was sayingG3004, you will be preparedG3903; 4otherwiseG3381, ifG1437 any 10MacedoniansG3110 comeG2064 with me and findG2147 you unpreparedG532, we--not to mentionG3004 you--would be putG2617 toG2617 shameG2617 by thisG3778 confidenceG5287. 5SoG3767 I consideredG2233 it necessaryG316 to urgeG3870 the 11brothersG80 that they goG4281 on aheadG4281 to you and arrangeG4294 inG4294 advanceG4294 your previouslyG4279 promisedG4279 1213generousG2129 giftG2129, that the sameG3778 would be readyG2092 as a 1415generousG2129 giftG2129, and not as one grudgingly given due to greedinessG4124.

6NowG1161 I say thisG3778: 16the one who sowsG4687 sparinglyG5340 will alsoG2532 reapG2325 sparinglyG5340, and the one who sowsG4687 17generouslyG2129 will alsoG2532 reapG2325 18generouslyG2129. 7EachG1538 oneG1538 must do justG2531 asG2531 he has decidedG4255 in his heartG2588, not 19reluctantlyG1537G3077 orG2228 underG1537 compulsionG318, for 20GodG2316 lovesG25 a cheerfulG2431 giverG1395. 8And 21GodG2316 is ableG1414 to makeG4052 allG3956 graceG5485 overflowG4052 to you, soG2443 thatG2443, alwaysG3842 havingG2192 allG3956 sufficiencyG841 in everythingG3956, you may haveG4052 anG4052 abundanceG4052 for everyG3956 goodG18 deedG2041; 9as it is writtenG1125: “22He scatteredG4650 abroad, he gaveG1325 to the poorG3993, His righteousnessG1343 23enduresG3306 foreverG165.” 10NowG1161 He who suppliesG2023 24seedG4690 to the sowerG4687 and breadG740 for foodG1035 will supplyG5524 and multiplyG4129 your seedG4703 for sowing and 25increaseG837 the harvestG1079 of your righteousnessG1343; 11you will be 26enrichedG4148 in everythingG3956 for allG3956 liberalityG572, whichG3748 throughG1223 us is producingG2716 27thanksgivingG2169 to GodG2316. 12For the ministryG1248 of thisG3778 serviceG3009 is not onlyG3440 fullyG4322 supplyingG4322 28the needsG5303 of the 29saintsG40, but is alsoG2532 overflowingG4052 30throughG1223 manyG4183 thanksgivingsG2169 to GodG2316. 13BecauseG1223 of the proofG1382 given by thisG3778 31ministryG1248, they will 32glorifyG1392 GodG2316 for your obedienceG5292 to your 33confessionG3671 of the 34gospelG2098 of ChristG5547 and for the liberalityG572 of your 35contributionG2842 to them and to allG3956, 14while they alsoG2532, by prayerG1162 onG5228 your behalfG5228, yearnG1971 forG1971 you becauseG1223 of the surpassingG5235 graceG5485 of GodG2316 in you. 1536ThanksG5485 be to GodG2316 for His indescribableG411 37giftG1431!

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 9:1 1 Thess 4:9 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 9:1 2 Cor 8:4 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 9:1 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 9:2 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 9:2 Rom 15:26 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 9:2 Acts 18:12 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 9:2 2 Cor 8:10 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 9:3 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 9:3 1 Cor 16:2 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 9:4 Rom 15:26 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 9:5 2 Cor 9:3 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit blessing ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Gen 33:11; Judg 1:15; 2 Cor 9:6 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit blessing ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Phil 4:17 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Prov 11:24f; 22:9; Gal 6:7, 9 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lit with blessings ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lit with blessings ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 15:10; 1 Chr 29:17; Rom 12:8; 2 Cor 8:12 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Ex 25:2 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 9:8 Eph 3:20 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Ps 112:9 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Lit remains ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 9:10 Is 55:10 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 9:10 Hos 10:12 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 9:11 1 Cor 1:5 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 9:11 2 Cor 1:11 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 8:14 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 9:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 1:11 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 15:31; 2 Cor 8:4 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Matt 9:8 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 9:13 1 Tim 6:12f; Heb 3:1; 4:14; 10:23 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 9:13 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or sharing with them ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 9:15 Rom 5:15f ↩

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 9

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