Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
For
as
touching
the ministering
to the saints, it
is superfluous
for me to write to you :
Now
about
the service
to the saints, there
is no
need
for me to write to you .
For I know the
forwardness
of
your mind
, for
which
I boast
of
you
to them
of
Macedonia,
that Achaia
was
ready
a
year ago;
and your zeal hath
provoked
very
many
.
For I know your eagerness
to
help
, and
I have
been
boasting
to the
Macedonians
that since
last
year you
in
Achaia
were
prepared
to
give.
And your zeal has
stirred
most
of
them
to
do
likewise
.
Yet
have
I sent
the brethren,
lest
our boasting of
you should
be
in vain
in
this behalf;
that, as I said ,
ye
may
be
ready:
But
I am
sending
the brothers
in
order
that
our boasting about
you in this matter
should
not
prove
empty,
but
that you
will
be
prepared
, just
as I said .
Lest
haply
if they
of
Macedonia
come with me ,
and find you unprepared, we (that
we
say not,
ye)
should
be ashamed in
this
same
confident boasting
.
Otherwise,
if any
Macedonians
come with me and find you unprepared, we —to
say nothing
of
you—would
be ashamed of
having
been
so
confident.
Therefore
I thought it necessary to exhort
the brethren,
that
they
would
go
before
unto
you ,
and make up
beforehand
your
bounty,
whereof
ye
had notice
before
, that
the
same
might
be ready,
as
a
matter
of
bounty,
and not as
of
covetousness
.
So
I thought it necessary to urge
the brothers
to
visit
you beforehand
and make arrangements
for
the
bountiful
gift
you
had promised.
This
way
, your
gift
will
be prepared
generously
and not begrudgingly
.
But
this I
say,
He
which
soweth
sparingly shall
reap
also sparingly ;
and he
which
soweth
bountifully
shall
reap
also bountifully
.
Remember
this :
Whoever
sows
sparingly will
also reap
sparingly ,
and whoever
sows
generously
will
also reap
generously
.
Every
man
according
as
he purposeth
in his heart ,
so
let
him
give ;
not
grudgingly
, or
of necessity:
for God loveth
a cheerful giver.
Each
one
should
give
what
he has
decided
in his heart to
give, not
out
of regret
or
compulsion.
For God loves
a cheerful giver.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward
you ;
that
ye
, always
having
all
sufficiency
in all things, may
abound to
every good work :
And God is able to make all grace abound to
you, so
that
in all things, at
all
times,
having
all
that
you
need,
you
will
abound in
every good work .
(
As it is written ,
He hath
dispersed
abroad ;
he
hath
given
to the poor :
his righteousness remaineth
for
ever
.
As it is written :
“
He has
scattered
abroad His
gifts
to the poor ;
His righteousness endures
forever
. ”
Now he that
ministereth
seed to the sower both
minister
bread for your
food ,
and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits
of your righteousness ;)
Now He who
supplies
seed to the sower and
bread for food will
supply
and multiply your store
of
seed and will
increase the harvest
of your righteousness .
Being
enriched in every thing
to all
bountifulness
, which
causeth
through us thanksgiving to God.
You
will
be
enriched in every way
to be
generous
on
every
occasion
, so
that
through us your
giving
will
produce
thanksgiving to God.
For the
administration
of
this service not only supplieth
the want
of the saints, but is abundant
also by
many thanksgivings
unto
God ;
For this ministry
of
service is
not only supplying
the needs
of the saints, but is also overflowing
in
many expressions
of
thanksgiving
to
God .
Whiles
by
the
experiment
of this ministration
they
glorify God for your professed
subjection
unto
the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal
distribution
unto
them ,
and unto
all men;
Because
of the
proof
this ministry
provides,
the
saints
will
glorify God for your obedient
confession
of
the gospel of Christ, and for the
generosity
of
your contribution
to
them and to
all the
others.
And by
their prayer
for you ,
which
long
after
you
for the exceeding
grace of
God in
you.
And their prayers
for you will
express
their
affection
for you,
because
of
the surpassing
grace God has
given
you.
Thanks be unto
God for his unspeakable
gift .
Thanks be to
God for His indescribable
gift !
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