II CORINTHIANS
Chapter 9
How God Want Us to Give
Giving Brings Blessings to Others
The Cheerful and Bountiful Giver
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6. but this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap
also bountifully.
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- Τοῦτο δέ ὁ σπείρων φειδομένως φειδομένως καὶ θερίσει καὶ ὁ σπείρων ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίαις ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίαις καὶ θερίσει
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7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God
loveth a cheerful giver.
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- ἕκαστος καθὼς προαιρεῖται τῇ καρδίᾳ μὴ ἐκ λύπης ἢ ἐξ ἀνάγκης· ἱλαρὸν γὰρ δότην ἀγαπᾷ ὁ θεός
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8. 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:
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- δυνατὸς δὲ ὁ θεὸς πᾶσαν χάριν περισσεῦσαι εἰς ὑμᾶς ἵνα ἐν παντὶ πάντοτε πᾶσαν αὐτάρκειαν ἔχοντες περισσεύητε εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν
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9. (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness
remaineth for ever.
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- καθὼς γέγραπται Ἐσκόρπισεν ἔδωκεν τοῖς πένησιν ἡ δικαιοσύνη αὐτοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
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10.↓ 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;)
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- ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπέρμα τῷ σπείροντι καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγήσαι καὶ πληθυναῖ τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν καὶ αὐξήσαι τὰ γεννήματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν·
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Notes
Giving Gives Glory to God
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11. Being enriched in every thing to all boutifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
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