2Co 2 Corinthians, chapter Second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 9
For indeed, concerning the ministry that [is] for the holy ones, it is superfluous for me to write to yöu, for I have known yöur readiness of mind, which in yöur behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared a year ago, and yöur zeal stirred up the greater part, and I sent the brothers, that our boasting on yöur behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, yöu may be ready, lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find yöu unprepared, we may be put to shame (that we do not say—yöu) in this same confidence of boasting. Therefore I thought [it] necessary to exhort the brothers, that they may go before to yöu, and may make up before yöur formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness. And [remember] this: he who is sowing sparingly, will also reap sparingly; and he who is sowing in blessings, will also reap in blessings; Pro 19:7; Pro 22:9each one, according as he purposes in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver, Deu 15:7; 2Co 8:2and God [is] able to cause all grace to abound to yöu, that in everything always having all sufficiency, yöu may abound to every good work, 1Ti 6:6according as it has been written: “He dispersed abroad, He gave to the poor, His righteousness remains throughout the age,” Psa 112:9and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply yöur seed sown, and increase the fruits of yöur righteousness, Isa 55:10being enriched to all liberality in everything, which works thanksgiving through us to God, because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the wants of the holy ones, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God, through the proof of this ministry glorifying God for the subjection of yöur confession to the good news of the Christ, and [for] the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all, and by their supplication in yöur behalf, longing after yöu because of the exceeding grace of God on yöu; thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!