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2 Corinthians 9 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:1 - There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:2 - For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:3 - But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 - For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

Generosity Encouraged

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:7 - Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:8 - And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:9 - As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12 - This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14 - And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:15 - Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
NIV Footnotes
Psalm 112:9
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