Foras touchingtheministeringtothesaints, it issuperfluousfor meto writeto you: ForI knowtheforwardness of your mind, for whichI boastofyouto them of Macedonia, thatAchaiawas readya year ago; andyourzealhath provokedvery many. Yethave I sentthebrethren, lestourboastingofyoushould be in vaininthisbehalf; that, asI said, ye may beready: Lest haplyifthey of Macedoniacomewithme, andfindyouunprepared, we( thatwe saynot, ye) should beashamedinthis sameconfidentboasting. ThereforeI thoughtit necessaryto exhortthebrethren, thatthey would go beforeuntoyou, andmake up beforehandyourbounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the samemight beready, as a matter of bounty, andnotas of covetousness. Butthis I say, He which sowethsparinglyshall reapalsosparingly; andhe which sowethbountifullyshall reapalsobountifully. Every manaccording ashe purposethin his heart, so let him give ; notgrudgingly, orofnecessity: forGodlovetha cheerfulgiver. AndGod is ableto make all grace aboundtowardyou; thatye, alwayshavingallsufficiencyinall things, may aboundtoeverygoodwork: ( Asit is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath givento thepoor: hisrighteousnessremainethforever. Nowhe that ministerethseedto thesowerbothministerbreadfor your food, andmultiplyyourseed sown, andincreasethefruitsof yourrighteousness;) Being enrichedinevery thingtoallbountifulness, whichcauseththroughusthanksgivingto God. Fortheadministrationof thisservicenotonlysupplieththewantof thesaints, butis abundantalsobymanythanksgivingsunto God; While bytheexperimentof thisministrationthey glorifyGodfor yourprofessedsubjectionuntothegospelof Christ, andfor your liberaldistributionuntothem, anduntoall men ; Andby theirprayerforyou, which long afteryoufortheexceedinggraceof Godinyou. Thanks be unto Godforhisunspeakablegift.