Dual Panel1For <1063> it is <1510> not necessary <4053> for me <3427> to write <1125> you <5213> about <4012> this service <1248> to <1519> the saints <40>,
2because <1063> I know <1492> your <5216> eagerness to help <4288>. I keep boasting <2744> to the Macedonians <3110> about this eagerness of yours <5216>, that <3754> Achaia <882> has been ready <3903> to give since last year <4070>, and <2532> your <5216> zeal to participate <2205> has stirred up <2042> most <4119> of them.
3But <1161> I am sending <3992> these brothers <80> so that <2443> our <2257> boasting <2745> about <5228> you <5216> may <2758> not <3361> be empty <2758> in <1722> this <5129> case <3313>, so that <2443> you may be ready <3903> just as <2531> I kept telling <3004> them <1510>.
4For if <1437> any of the Macedonians <3110> should come <2064> with <4862> me <1698> and <2532> find <2147> that you <5209> are not ready <532> to give, we <2249> would be humiliated <2617> (not <3361> to mention <3004> you <5210>) by this <3778> confidence <5287> we had in you.
5Therefore <3767> I thought <2233> it necessary <316> to urge <3870> these brothers <80> to <2443> go <4281> to <1519> you <5209> in advance <4281> and <2532> to arrange ahead of time <4294> the generous contribution <2129> you <5216> had promised <4279>, so this <3778> may be <1510> ready <2092> as <5613> a generous gift <2129> and <2532> not <3361> as <5613> something you feel forced to do <4124>.
6My point is this <5124>: The person who sows <4687> sparingly <5340> will <2325> also <2532> reap <2325> sparingly <5340>, and <2532> the person who sows <4687> generously <2129> will <2325> also <2532> reap <2325> generously <2129>.
7Each one <1538> of you should give just as <2531> he has decided <4255> in his heart <2588>, not <3361> reluctantly <3077> or <2228> under <1537> compulsion <318>, because <1063> God <2316> loves <25> a cheerful <2431> giver <1395>.
8And <1161> God <2316> is able <1414> to make all <3956> grace <5485> overflow <4052> to <1519> you <5209> so that <2443> because you have <2192> enough <841> of <1722> everything <3956> in every way <3956> at all times, you will overflow <4052> in <1519> every <3956> good <18> work <2041>.
9Just as <2531> it is written <1125>, “He has scattered <4650> widely, he has given <1325> to the poor <3993>; his <846> righteousness <1343> remains <3306> forever <165>.”
10Now <1161> God who provides <2023> seed <4690> for the sower <4687> and <2532> bread <740> for <1519> food <1035> will provide <5524> and <2532> multiply <4129> your <5216> supply of seed <4703> and <2532> will cause <837> the harvest <1081> of your <5216> righteousness <1343> to grow <837>.
11You will be enriched <4148> in <1722> every way <3956> so that you may be generous <572> on <1519> every <3956> occasion, which <3748> is producing <2716> through <1223> us <2257> thanksgiving <2169> to God <2316>,
12because <3754> the service <1248> of this <3778> ministry <3009> is <1510> not <3756> only <3440> providing <4322> for the needs <5303> of the saints <40> but <235> is <4052> also <2532> overflowing <4052> with <1223> many <4183> thanks <2169> to God <2316>.
13Through <1223> the evidence <1382> of this <3778> service <1248> they will glorify <1392> God <2316> because of <1909> your obedience <5292> to your <5216> confession <3671> in <1519> the <3588> gospel <2098> of Christ <5547> and <2532> the generosity <572> of your sharing <2842> with <1519> them <846> and <2532> with <1519> everyone <3956>.
14And <2532> in their <846> prayers <1162> on <5228> your <5216> behalf <5228> they long for <1971> you <5209> because of <1223> the extraordinary <5235> grace <5485> God <2316> has shown to <1909> you <5213>.
15Thanks <5485> be to God <2316> for <1909> his <846> indescribable <411> gift <1431>!