1For[G1063]as[G3303]touching[G4012] the ministering[G1248]to[G1519] the saints[G40], it is[G2076]superfluous[G4053]for[G1063]me[G3427]to[G1519]write[G1125]to[G1519]you[G5213]:
2For[G1063] I know[G1492] the forwardness of[G4288]your[G5216]mind[G4288], for[G1063]which[G3739] I boast[G2744]of[G5228]you[G5216] to them of[G5228]Macedonia[G3110], that[G3754]Achaia[G882] was ready[G3903] a year[G4070]ago[G575]; and[G2532]your[G5216]zeal[G2205] hath provoked[G2042] very many[G4119].
3Yet[G1161] have I sent[G3992] the brethren[G80], lest[G3363]our[G2257]boasting[G2745]of[G5228]you[G5216] should be[G5600]in[G1722]vain[G2758]in[G1722]this[G5129]behalf[G3313]; that[G2443], as[G2531] I said[G3004], ye may be[G5600]ready[G3903]:
4Lest[G3381]haply[G4458]if[G1437] they of Macedonia[G3110]come[G2064]with[G4862]me[G1698], and[G2532]find[G2147]you[G5209]unprepared[G532], we(that we say[G3004]not[G3363], ye[G5210]) should be ashamed[G2617]in[G1722] this same[G5026]confident[G5287]boasting[G2746].
5Therefore[G3767] I thought[G2233] it necessary[G316] to exhort[G3870] the brethren[G80], that[G2443] they would go before[G4281]unto[G1519]you[G5209], and[G2532] make up beforehand[G4294]your[G5216]bounty[G2129], whereof ye had notice before[G4293], that[G2443] the same[G5026] might be[G1511]ready[G2092], as[G5613] a matter of bounty[G2129], and[G2532]not[G3361]as[G5618] of covetousness[G4124].
6But[G1161]this[G5124] I say, He which soweth[G4687]sparingly[G5340] shall reap[G2325]also[G2532]sparingly[G5340]; and[G2532] he which soweth[G4687]bountifully[G1909] shall reap[G2325]also[G2532]bountifully[G2129].
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Every man[G1538] according as[G2531] he purposeth[G4255] in his heart[G2588], so let him give; not[G3361]grudgingly[G1537], or[G2228]of[G1537]necessity[G318]: for[G1063]God[G2316]loveth[G25] a cheerful[G2431]giver[G1395].
8And[G1161]God[G2316] is able[G1415]to[G1519]make[G4052]all[G3956]grace[G5485]abound[G4052]toward[G1519]you[G5209]; that[G2443] ye, always[G3842]having[G2192]all[G3956]sufficiency[G841]in[G1722]all[G3956] things, may abound[G4052]to[G1519]every[G3956]good[G18]work[G2041]:
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(As[G2531] it is written[G1125], He hath dispersed abroad[G4650]; he hath given[G1325] to the poor[G3993]: his[G846]righteousness[G1343]remaineth[G3306]for[G1519]ever[G165].
10Now[G1161] he that ministereth[G2023]seed[G4690] to the sower[G4687]both[G2532]minister[G5524]bread[G740]for[G1519]your[G5216]food[G1035], and[G2532]multiply[G4129]your[G5216]seed[G4690]sown[G4703], and[G2532]increase[G837] the fruits[G1081] of your[G5216]righteousness[G1343];)
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Being enriched[G4148]in[G1722] every thing[G3956]to[G1519]all[G3956]bountifulness[G572], which[G3748]causeth[G2716]through[G1223]us[G2257]thanksgiving[G2169]to[G1519]God[G2316].
12For[G3754] the administration[G1248] of this[G5026]service[G3009]not[G3756]only[G3440]supplieth[G2076] the want[G5303] of the saints[G40], but[G235] is abundant[G4052]also[G2532]by[G1223]many[G4183]thanksgivings[G2169] unto God[G2316];
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Whiles by[G1223] the experiment[G1382] of this[G5026]ministration[G1248] they glorify[G1392]God[G2316]for[G1909]your[G5216]professed[G3671]subjection[G5292]unto[G1519] the gospel[G2098] of Christ[G5547], and[G2532]for[G1909]your[G5216]liberal[G572]distribution[G2842]unto[G1519]them[G846], and[G2532]unto[G1519]all[G3956] men;
14And[G2532] by their[G846]prayer[G1162]for[G5228]you[G5216], which long after[G1971]you[G5209]for[G1223] the exceeding[G5235]grace[G5485] of God[G2316]in[G1909]you[G5213].
15Thanks[G5485] be unto God[G2316]for[G1909]his[G846]unspeakable[G411]gift[G1431].