Bible Gateway passage: 2 Corinthians 9 - New King James Version (2024)

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Administering the Gift

9Now concerning ^(A)the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; ²for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a ^(B)year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. ³^(C)Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; ⁴lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this ^[a]confident boasting. ⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to ^[b]exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a ^[c]grudging obligation.

The Cheerful Giver

⁶^(D)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows ^[d]bountifully will also reap ^[e]bountifully. ⁷So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^(E)not grudgingly or of ^[f]necessity; for ^(F)God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸^(G)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. ⁹As it is written:

^(H)“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.”

¹⁰Now ^[g]may He who ^(I)supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, ^[h]supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your ^(J)righteousness, ¹¹while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, ^(K)which causes thanksgiving through us to God. ¹²For the administration of this service not only ^(L)supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, ¹³while, through the proof of this ministry, they ^(M)glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal ^(N)sharing with them and all men, ¹⁴and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding ^(O)grace of God in you. ¹⁵Thanks be to God ^(P)for His indescribable gift!

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 9:4 NU confidence.
2 Corinthians 9:5 encourage
2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. covetousness
2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion
2 Corinthians 9:10 NU omits may
2 Corinthians 9:10 NU will supply

Cross references

2 Corinthians 9:1 : Acts 11:29; Rom. 15:26; 1 Cor. 16:1; 2 Cor. 8:4; Gal. 2:10
2 Corinthians 9:2 : 2 Cor. 8:10
2 Corinthians 9:3 : 2 Cor. 8:6, 17
2 Corinthians 9:6 : Prov. 11:24; 22:9; Gal. 6:7, 9
2 Corinthians 9:7 : Deut. 15:7
2 Corinthians 9:7 : Deut. 15:10; 1 Chr. 29:17; [Prov. 11:25]; Rom. 12:8; [2 Cor. 8:12]
2 Corinthians 9:8 : [Prov. 11:24]
2 Corinthians 9:9 : Ps. 112:9
2 Corinthians 9:10 : Is. 55:10
2 Corinthians 9:10 : Hos. 10:12
2 Corinthians 9:11 : 2 Cor. 1:11
2 Corinthians 9:12 : 2 Cor. 8:14
2 Corinthians 9:13 : [Matt. 5:16]
2 Corinthians 9:13 : [Heb. 13:16]
2 Corinthians 9:14 : 2 Cor. 8:1
2 Corinthians 9:15 : [John 3:16; 4:10; Rom. 6:23; 8:32; Eph. 2:8; James 1:17]