Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Now
about
the
service
to
the
saints,
there
is no
need
for me to write to you .
It
is indeed
unnecessary
for me to write to you concerning
the
service
to
the
saints,
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
.
for I know your readiness
, of
which
I boast
on
your
behalf
to them
of
Macedonia,
that Achaia has
been
prepared for
a
year
past
. Your zeal has stirred up
very
many
of them.
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 .
But I have
sent
the brothers that our boasting on
your
behalf
may
not
be
in vain
in
this respect
, that, just as I said ,
you
may
be
prepared,
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.
so
that
I
won't
by
any
means
, if there
come with me any
of
Macedonia
and find you unprepared, we (
to say nothing of you )
should
be disappointed
in
this
confident boasting
.
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
.
I thought it necessary therefore
to entreat
the brothers that
they
would
go
before
to you ,
and arrange
ahead
of
time
the generous
gift that
you promised before
, that
the
same
might
be ready
as
a
matter
of
generosity,
and not of
greediness
.
Remember this: Whoever
sows sparingly will also reap sparingly ,
and
whoever
sows generously
will also reap generously
.
Remember this: he
who
sows sparingly will also reap sparingly .
He
who
sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully
.
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.
Let
each man
give according
as
he has determined
in his heart ;
not grudgingly,
or under
compulsion ;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
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.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you
, always
having all sufficiency
in
everything
, may
abound to
every good work.
As it is written :
“
He has scattered abroad His
gifts
to the poor ;
His righteousness endures
forever. ”
As it is written ,
"
He has scattered abroad ,
he
has
given
to the poor .
His righteousness remains
forever. "
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 .
Now may
he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food ,
supply and multiply your seed for
sowing,
and increase the fruits
of your righteousness ;
You will
be
enriched in every
way
to be
generous
on
every
occasion
, so
that
through us your
giving
will
produce
thanksgiving to God.
you being
enriched in everything
to all
liberality
, which
works
through us thanksgiving to 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 .
For this service of
giving
that
you
perform
not only makes
up
for
lack
among
the saints, but abounds
also through
many givings
of thanks
to God ;
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.
seeing
that
through
the proof given
by
this service
, they
glorify God for the
obedience
of
your confession to
the Gospel of Christ, and for the liberality
of your contribution to them and to all ;
And
their
prayers
for
you
will
express
their
affection
for you ,
because
of the surpassing
grace God has
given
you.
while
they
themselves
also,
with
supplication
on
your
behalf,
yearn
for you by
reason
of the exceeding
grace of
God in
you.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable
gift!
Now
thanks be to God for his unspeakable
gift!
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