Dual Panel1For <1063> as <3303> touching <4012> the ministering <1248> to <1519> the saints <40>_, it is <2076> (5748) superfluous <4053> for me <3427> to write <1125> (5721) to you <5213>_:
2For <1063> I know <1492> (5758) the forwardness of <4288> (0) your <5216> mind <4288>_, for which <3739> I boast <2744> (5736) of <5228> you <5216> to them of Macedonia <3110>_, that <3754> Achaia <882> was ready <3903> (5769) a year <4070> ago <575>_; and <2532> your <5216> zeal <2205> <1537> hath provoked <2042> (5656) very many <4119>_.
3Yet <1161> have I sent <3992> (5656) the brethren <80>_, lest <3363> our <2257> boasting <2745> of <5228> you <5216> should be in vain <2758> (5686) in <1722> this <5129> behalf <3313>_; that <2443>_, as <2531> I said <3004> (5707)_, ye may be <5600> (5753) ready <3903> (5772)_:
4Lest <3381> haply <4458> if <1437> they of Macedonia <3110> come <2064> (5632) with <4862> me <1698>_, and <2532> find <2147> (5627) you <5209> unprepared <532>_, we <2249> (that <3363> (0) we say <3004> (5725) not <3363>_, ye <5210>) should be ashamed <2617> (5686) in <1722> this same <5026> confident <5287> boasting <2746>_.
5Therefore <3767> I thought <2233> (5662) it necessary <316> to exhort <3870> (5658) the brethren <80>_, that <2443> they would go before <4281> (5632) unto <1519> you <5209>_, and <2532> make up beforehand <4294> (5661) your <5216> bounty <2129>_, whereof ye had notice before <4293> (5772)_, that the same <5026> might be <1511> (5750) ready <2092>_, <3779> as <5613> [a matter of] bounty <2129>_, and <2532> not <3361> as <5618> [of] covetousness <4124>_. {bounty: Gr. blessing} {whereof...: or, which hath been so much spoken of before}
6But <1161> this <5124> [I say], He which soweth <4687> (5723) sparingly <5340> shall reap <2325> (5692) also <2532> sparingly <5340>_; and <2532> he which soweth <4687> (5723) bountifully <1909> <2129> shall reap <2325> (5692) also <2532> bountifully <1909> <2129>_.
7Every man <1538> according as <2531> he purposeth <4255> (5736) in his heart <2588>_, [so let him give]; not <3361> grudgingly <1537> <3077>_, or <2228> of <1537> necessity <318>_: for <1063> God <2316> loveth <25> (5719) a cheerful <2431> giver <1395>_.
8And <1161> God <2316> [is] able <1415> to make <4052> (0) all <3956> grace <5485> abound <4052> (5658) toward <1519> you <5209>_; that <2443> ye, always <3842> having <2192> (5723) all <3956> sufficiency <841> in <1722> all <3956> [things], may abound <4052> (5725) to <1519> every <3956> good <18> work <2041>_:
9(As <2531> it is written <1125> (5769)_, He hath dispersed abroad <4650> (5656)_; he hath given <1325> (5656) to the poor <3993>_: his <846> righteousness <1343> remaineth <3306> (5719) for <1519> ever <165>_.
10Now <1161> he that ministereth <2023> (5723) seed <4690> to the sower <4687> (5723) both <2532> minister <5524> (5659) bread <740> for <1519> [your] food <1035>_, and <2532> multiply <4129> (5659) your <5216> seed sown <4703>_, and <2532> increase <837> (5659) the fruits <1081> of your <5216> righteousness <1343>;)
11Being enriched <4148> (5746) in <1722> every thing <3956> to <1519> all <3956> bountifulness <572>_, which <3748> causeth <2716> (5736) through <1223> us <2257> thanksgiving <2169> to God <2316>_. {bountifulness: or, liberality: Gr. simplicity}
12For <3754> the administration <1248> of this <5026> service <3009> not <3756> only <3440> supplieth <2076> (5748) <4322> (5723) the want <5303> of the saints <40>_, but <235> is abundant <4052> (5723) also <2532> by <1223> many <4183> thanksgivings <2169> unto God <2316>_;
13Whiles by <1223> the experiment <1382> of this <5026> ministration <1248> they glorify <1392> (5723) God <2316> for <1909> your <5216> professed <3671> subjection <5292> unto <1519> the gospel <2098> of Christ <5547>_, and <2532> for [your] liberal <572> distribution <2842> unto <1519> them <846>_, and <2532> unto <1519> all <3956> [men];
14And <2532> by their <846> prayer <1162> for <5228> you <5216>_, which long after <1971> (5723) you <5209> for <1223> the exceeding <5235> (5723) grace <5485> of God <2316> in <1909> you <5213>_.
15<1161> Thanks <5485> [be] unto God <2316> for <1909> his <846> unspeakable <411> gift <1431>_.