<vn='1'><sn="1063">For</s> as <sn="4012">touching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1248">ministering</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s>, it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="4053">superfluous</s> for <sn="3427">me</s> to <sn="1125">write</s> to <sn="5213">you</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3588">the</s> forwardness of your <sn="4288 5216">mind</s>, for <sn="3739">which</s> I <sn="2744">boast</s><sn="5228">of</s><sn="5216">you</s> to them of <sn="3110">Macedonia</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="882">Achaia</s> was <sn="3903">ready</s> a year <sn="575 4070">ago</s>; <sn="2532 *1537">and</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2205">zeal</s> hath <sn="2042">provoked</s> very <sn="4119">many</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">Yet</s> have I <sn="3992">sent</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2745">boasting</s><sn="5228">of</s><sn="5216">you</s> should be in <sn="2758">vain</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="3313">behalf</s>; <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> I <sn="3004">said</s>, ye may <sn="5600">be</s><sn="3903">ready</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>Lest <sn="3381">haply</s><sn="1437">if</s> they of <sn="3110">Macedonia</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="1698">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2147">find</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="532">unprepared</s>, <sn="2249">we</s> ( <sn="2443">that</s> we <sn="3004">say</s><sn="3361">not</s>, ye) should <sn="5210">be</s><sn="2617">ashamed</s><sn="1722">in</s> this <sn="5026">same</s><sn="5287">confident</s><sn="2746">boasting</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3767">Therefore</s> I <sn="2233">thought</s> it <sn="316">necessary</s> to <sn="3870">exhort</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> they would go <sn="4281">before</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> make up <sn="4294">beforehand</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2129">bounty</s>, whereof ye had notice <sn="4293">before</s>, that the <sn="5026">same</s> might <sn="1511">be</s><sn="2092 *3779">ready</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> a matter of <sn="2129">bounty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="5618">as</s> of <sn="4124">covetousness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5124">this</s> I say, He which <sn="4687">soweth</s><sn="5340">sparingly</s> shall <sn="2325">reap</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="5340">sparingly</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he which <sn="4687">soweth</s><sn="1909 2129">bountifully</s> shall <sn="2325">reap</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1909 2129">bountifully</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Every <sn="1538">man</s> according <sn="2531">as</s> he <sn="4255">purposeth</s> in his <sn="2588">heart</s>, so let him give; <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1537 3077">grudgingly</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="318">necessity</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="25">loveth</s> a <sn="2431">cheerful</s><sn="1395">giver</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="1415">able</s> to make all grace <sn="4052 3956 5485">abound</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="5209">you</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> ye, <sn="3842">always</s><sn="2192">having</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="841">sufficiency</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s> things, may <sn="4052">abound</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">work</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>( <sn="2531">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, He hath dispersed <sn="4650">abroad</s>; he hath <sn="1325">given</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3993">poor</s>: <sn="846">his</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="3306">remaineth</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">Now</s> he that <sn="2023">ministereth</s><sn="4690">seed</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4687">sower</s><sn="2532">both</s><sn="5524">minister</s><sn="740">bread</s><sn="1519">for</s> your <sn="1035">food</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4129">multiply</s><sn="5216">your</s> seed <sn="4703">sown</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="837">increase</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1081">fruits</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>;) </v>
<vn='11'>Being <sn="4148">enriched</s><sn="1722">in</s> every <sn="3956">thing</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="572">bountifulness</s>, <sn="3748">which</s><sn="2716">causeth</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="2169">thanksgiving</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1248">administration</s> of <sn="5026">this</s><sn="3009">service</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s><sn="2076 4322">supplieth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5303">want</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s>, <sn="235">but</s> is <sn="4052">abundant</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2169">thanksgivings</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>While <sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1382">experiment</s> of <sn="5026">this</s><sn="1248">ministration</s> they <sn="1392">glorify</s><sn="2316">God</s> for <sn="5216">your</s><sn="3671">professed</s><sn="5292">subjection</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> for your <sn="572">liberal</s><sn="2842">distribution</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s> men; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s> by <sn="846">their</s><sn="1162">prayer</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">you</s>, which long <sn="1971">after</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5235">exceeding</s><sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="5485">Thanks</s> be unto <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1909">for</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="411">unspeakable</s><sn="1431">gift</s>. </v>