2Cor 9 | ABEn | STEP | [ 3 concerning 2 indeed 1 For] of the service, of the one for the holy ones, [ 2 more extra 3 for me 1 it is] to write to you.

‏ 2 Corinthians 9

CHAPTER 9 God's Provisions Are Sufficient

1 [³concerning ²indeed ¹For] of the service, of the one for the holy ones, [²more extra ³for me ¹it is] to write to you. 2 For I know your eagerness, which [²over ³you ¹I boast] to Macedonia, that Achaia made preparations over a year ago; and the result of your zeal excited the many. 3 And I sent forth the brethren, lest our boasting, the one over you, should be nullified in this portion; that (as I said) [²making preparations ¹you should be]; 4 lest perhaps if [²should come ³with ⁴me ¹Macedonians] and should find you unprepared, we should be disgraced, (so that we should not say -- You) in this support of boasting. 5 [²important ³then ¹I esteemed it] to appeal to the brethren, that they should go forth unto you, and complete beforehand [³preannounced ⁴blessing ²your ¹this], being prepared, thus as a blessing, and not as if a desire for wealth.

Sow Generously

6 But this I say, The one sowing sparingly, [³sparingly ¹also ²harvests]; and the one sowing for blessings, for blessings also he shall harvest. 7 Let each do as he resolves in the heart, not from distress or from necessity; [⁴a happy ¹for ⁵giver ³loves ²God]. 8 [³is able ¹And ²God ⁵every ⁶favor ⁴to abound] unto you, that in every way, at all times [³all ⁴sufficiency ²having ¹you should abound] for every [²work ¹good] 9 (as it has been written, He dispersed, he gave to the needy; his righteousness abides into the eon. 10 And the one supplying seed to the one sowing, even [²bread ³for ⁴food ¹may he supply], and multiply your sowing, and may he increase the offspring of your righteousness) 11 in every way being enriched in all simplicity, which manufactures through us thankfulness to God. 12 For the service of this ministration, not only is filling up in addition the deficiencies of the holy ones, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God; 13 through the proof of this service glorifying God upon the submission of your acknowledgment offering to the good news of the Christ, and simplicity of the fellowship to them and unto all, 14 and their supplication for you, longing after you through the exceeding favor of God unto you. 15 And gratitude be to God over his inexpressible gift.