9Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,G1063G3303G4012G1248G1519G40G2076G4053G3427G1125G52132for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.G1063G1492G4288G5216G4288G3739G2744G5228G5216G3110G3754G882G3903G4070G575G2532G5216G2205G1537G2042G41193But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.G1161G3992G80G3363G2257G2745G5228G5216G2758G1722G5129G3313G2443G2531G3004G5600G39034Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.G3381G4458G1437G3110G2064G4862G1698G2532G2147G5209G532G2249G3363G3004G3363G5210G2617G1722G5026G5287G27465So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.G3767G2233G316G3870G80G2443G4281G1519G5209G2532G4294G5216G2129G4293G5026G1511G2092G3779G5613G2129G2532G3361G5618G4124
The Cheerful Giver
6The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.G1161G5124G4687G5340G2325G2532G5340G2532G4687G1909G2129G2325G2532G1909G21297Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.G1538G2531G4255G2588G3361G1537G3077G2228G1537G318G1063G2316G25G2431G13958And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.G1161G2316G1415G4052G3956G5485G4052G1519G5209G2443G3842G2192G3956G841G1722G3956G4052G1519G3956G18G20419As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."G2531G1125G4650G1325G3993G846G1343G3306G1519G16510He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.G1161G2023G4690G4687G2532G5524G740G1519G1035G2532G4129G5216G4703G2532G837G1081G5216G134311You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.G4148G1722G3956G1519G3956G572G3748G2716G1223G2257G2169G231612For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.G3754G1248G5026G3009G3756G3440G2076G4322G5303G40G235G4052G2532G1223G4183G2169G231613By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,G1223G1382G5026G1248G1392G2316G1909G5216G3671G5292G1519G2098G5547G2532G572G2842G1519G846G2532G1519G395614while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.G2532G846G1162G5228G5216G1971G5209G1223G5235G5485G2316G1909G521315Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!G1161G5485G2316G1909G846G411G1431
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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