9:1 For 1063 as 3303 touching 4012 the ministering 1248 to 1519 the saints 40, it is 2076 5748 superfluous 4053 for me 3427 to write 1125 5721 to you 5213:

9:2 For 1063 I know 1492 5758 the forwardness of 4288 0 your 5216 mind 4288, for which 3739 I boast 2744 5736 of 5228 you 5216 to them of Macedonia 3110, that 3754 Achaia 882 was ready 3903 5769 a year 4070 ago 575; and 2532 your 5216 zeal 2205 1537 hath provoked 2042 5656 very many 4119.

9:3 Yet 1161 have I sent 3992 5656 the brethren 80, lest 3363 our 2257 boasting 2745 of 5228 you 5216 should be in vain 2758 5686 in 1722 this 5129 behalf 3313; that 2443, as 2531 I said 3004 5707, ye may be 5600 5753 ready 3903 5772:

9:4 Lest 3381 haply 4458 if 1437 they of Macedonia 3110 come 2064 5632 with 4862 me 1698, and 2532 find 2147 5632 you 5209 unprepared 532, we 2249 (that 3363 0 we say 3004 5725 not 3363, ye 5210) should be ashamed 2617 5686 in 1722 this same 5026 confident 5287 boasting 2746.

9:5 Therefore 3767 I thought 2233 5662 it necessary 316 to exhort 3870 5658 the brethren 80, that 2443 they would go before 4281 5632 unto 1519 you 5209, and 2532 make up beforehand 4294 5661 your 5216 bounty 2129, whereof ye had notice before 4293 5772, that the same 5026 might be 1511 5750 ready 2092, 3779 as 5613 [a matter of] bounty 2129, and 2532 not 3361 as 5618 [of] covetousness 4124.(bounty: Gr. blessing)(whereof…: or, which hath been so much spoken of before)

9:6 But 1161 this 5124 [I say], He which soweth 4687 5723 sparingly 5340 shall reap 2325 5692 also 2532 sparingly 5340; and 2532 he which soweth 4687 5723 bountifully 1909 2129 shall reap 2325 5692 also 2532 bountifully 1909 2129.

9:7 Every man 1538 according as 2531 he purposeth 4255 5736 in his heart 2588, [so let him give]; not 3361 grudgingly 1537 3077, or 2228 of 1537 necessity 318: for 1063 God 2316 loveth 25 5719 a cheerful 2431 giver 1395.

9:8 And 1161 God 2316 [is] able 1415 to make 4052 0 all 3956 grace 5485 abound 4052 5658 toward 1519 you 5209; that 2443 ye, always 3842 having 2192 5723 all 3956 sufficiency 841 in 1722 all 3956 [things], may abound 4052 5725 to 1519 every 3956 good 18 work 2041:

9:9 (As 2531 it is written 1125 5769, He hath dispersed abroad 4650 5656; he hath given 1325 5656 to the poor 3993: his 846 righteousness 1343 remaineth 3306 5719 for 1519 ever 165.

9:10 Now 1161 he that ministereth 2023 5723 seed 4690 to the sower 4687 5723 both 2532 minister 5524 5659 bread 740 for 1519 [your] food 1035, and 2532 multiply 4129 5659 your 5216 seed sown 4703, and 2532 increase 837 5659 the fruits 1081 of your 5216 righteousness 1343;)

9:11 Being enriched 4148 5746 in 1722 every thing 3956 to 1519 all 3956 bountifulness 572, which 3748 causeth 2716 5736 through 1223 us 2257 thanksgiving 2169 to God 2316.(bountifulness: or, liberality: Gr. simplicity)

9:12 For 3754 the administration 1248 of this 5026 service 3009 not 3756 only 3440 supplieth 2076 5748 4322 5723 the want 5303 of the saints 40, but 235 is abundant 4052 5723 also 2532 by 1223 many 4183 thanksgivings 2169 unto God 2316;

9:13 Whiles by 1223 the experiment 1382 of this 5026 ministration 1248 they glorify 1392 5723 God 2316 for 1909 your 5216 professed 3671 subjection 5292 unto 1519 the gospel 2098 of Christ 5547, and 2532 for [your] liberal 572 distribution 2842 unto 1519 them 846, and 2532 unto 1519 all 3956 [men];

9:14 And 2532 by their 846 prayer 1162 for 5228 you 5216, which long after 1971 5723 you 5209 for 1223 the exceeding 5235 5723 grace 5485 of God 2316 in 1909 you 5213.

9:15 1161 Thanks 5485 [be] unto God 2316 for 1909 his 846 unspeakable 411 gift 1431.

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