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The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,
God Loves a Cheerful Giver
For concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you.
For concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you.
for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.
For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal [reported] of you has stimulated the mass [of the brethren].
But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;
Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated — to say nothing of you — for being so confident.
lest haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, *we*, that we say not *ye*, may be put to shame in this confidence.
I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.
But this [is true], he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in [the spirit of] blessing shall reap also in blessing:
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:
As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”
according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.
Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;
they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;
while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God [which is] upon you.