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Therefore I regarded it necessary to urge the brothers that they go-ahead to you and prepare-beforehand your previously-promised blessing[a], that this may be ready thus as a blessing and not as greediness[b].

Sow For Blessings, As You Freely Choose In Your Hearts: God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Now this[c] I say: the one sowing sparingly will also reap sparingly. And the one sowing for[d] blessings will also reap for blessings. Each should give just as he has chosen-beforehand[e] in his heart— not out of grief [f] or out of compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:5 That is, blessing for those in Jerusalem.
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 That is, as an exhibit of your blessing them by giving, and not as an exhibit of your greediness in withholding what you promised.
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Or, Now as to this giving.
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6 That is, for the purpose of.
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Or, preferred, purposed.
  6. 2 Corinthians 9:7 That is, a heart grieving or pained over the loss of the money.

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