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2 Corinthians 9:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting. "

2 Corinthians 9:4

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2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

3 But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

4 lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.

5 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.

6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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1 Thessalonians 4:10

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1 Thessalonians 1:8

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"For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not say anything."

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"Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers."

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2 Corinthians 9:1

"It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,"

2 Corinthians 9:2

"for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them."

2 Corinthians 9:3

"But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,"

2 Corinthians 9:5

"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."

2 Corinthians 9:6

"Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."

2 Corinthians 9:7

"Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

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