SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:6
¶ Pero esto digo: El que siembra escasamente, tambin segar escasamente; y el que siembra en bendiciones, en bendiciones tambin segar.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 9:6
Verse 6. He which soweth sparingly] This is a plain maxim: no man can expect to reap but in proportion as he has sowed. And here almsgiving is represented as a seed sown, which shall bring forth a crop. If the sowing be liberal, and the seed good, the crop shall be so too. Sowing is used among the Jews to express almsgiving: so they understand Isa. xxxii. 20: Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters; i.e. who are ready to help every one that is in need. And Hos. x. 12, they interpret: Sow to yourselves almsgiving, and ye shall reap in mercy-if you show mercy to the poor, God will show mercy to you.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. But this I say , etc..] This the apostle would have the Corinthians take notice of, and well consider, it being what he could aver for truth, by observation and experience; that as in things natural, so in things of a moral and spiritual kind, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully , or with blessings, shall reap also bountifully ; or with blessings; as a man sows, so shall he reap; the one is in proportion to the other. Sowing and reaping are here used in a metaphorical sense. The former signifies doing acts of beneficence and liberality. So it is used in the Old Testament, and in Jewish writings; (see Ecclesiastes 9:6, Isaiah 32:20). The interpretation of the latter text, give me leave to produce out of the Talmud as follows, and which will serve to illustrate this of the apostle's. Says. R. Jochanan, in the name of R. Benaah, what is that which is written, blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox, and the ass? blessed are the Israelites, for when they are employed in the law, ydsj twlymgbw , and in acts of beneficence, their evil concupiscence is delivered into their hand, and they are not delivered into the hand of their evil concupiscence: or, as it is elsewhere said, such are worthy of the inheritance of two tribes, Joseph and Issachar; as it is said, blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, hqdx ala h[yrz yaw , and there is no sowing but alms; or, by the word sowing, nothing else is meant but doing of alms, as it is said, ( Hosea 10:12) and there is no water but the law, or nothing else is meant by water but the law, as it is said, ( Isaiah 55:1). And as to these words, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass, it is a tradition of the house of Elias, for ever let a man place himself by the words of the law, as an ox to the yoke, and an ass to the burden.
There is a good deal of likeness between sowing the seed in the earth, and doing of alms, or acts of beneficence. The seed that is sown is what is selected and reserved out of the stock expended or sold off, which if not done, there would be no provision for futurity; so that which a man gives for the relief of the necessitous, is what he lays by him in store of what God has prospered him with; in doing which he may hope for a fruitful harvest, whereas otherwise he could expect none: as seed is cast from, and scattered about by the sower all over the field; so what is given to the poor, it is parted with unto them, and spread among them, everyone has a portion; and it looks like a diminution of a man's substance, and as if it would never return with any advantage; though it does, as in a natural, so in a metaphorical sense. The sower casts and scatters his seed with an open hand; was he to gripe it in his fist, or only let go a grain of corn or wheat here and there, he would have but a poor harvest; so the cheerful giver opens his hand wide, and bountifully supplies the wants of the needy; who, as the sower casts his seed on the empty field, so he bestows his bounty on indigent persons, on all men in want, especially the household of faith: and, as when he has done, he harrows the ground, and covers the seed under the earth, where it lies hid, and is very unpromising for a while, and yet be exercises faith, hope, and patience, with respect to an harvest; so the generous benefactor does what he does in as private a manner as may be; and though for a time his good deeds may seem to be attended with little prospect of reward, yet in the end they certainly shall; for as a man sows, so shall he reap: if he sows, that is, gives nothing, he shall reap nothing; if he sows but little, he shall reap little; and if he sows much, he shall reap much; and that of the selfsame kind which he sows; as he is liberal in things temporal, so shall he prosper and succeed in the same; (see Proverbs 3:9,10, 11:24,25, Isaiah 32:8, Galatians 6:7-10).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-15 - Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which valuable increase may be expected. It should be given carefully. Work of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought an design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses. Help should be given freely, be it more or less; not grudgingly, but cheerfully. Whil some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, an it tends to poverty. If we had more faith and love, we should wast less on ourselves, and sow more in hope of a plentiful increase. Can man lose by doing that with which God is pleased? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us; to give a larg increase of spiritual and of temporal good things. He can make us to have enough in all things; and to be content with what we have. God gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we ma supply the wants of others, and this should be as seed to be sown. We must show the reality of our subjection to the gospel, by works of charity. This will be for the credit of our profession, and to the praise and glory of God. Let us endeavour to copy the example of Christ, being unwearied in doing good, and deeming it more blessed to give than to receive. Blessed be God for the unspeakable gift of his grace, whereby he enables and inclines some of his people to besto upon others, and others to be grateful for it; and blessed be his glorious name to all eternity, for Jesus Christ, that inestimable gif of his love, through whom this and every other good thing, pertainin to life and godliness, are freely given unto us, beyond all expression measure, or bounds __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
τουτο 5124 D-NSN δε 1161 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM σπειρων 4687 5723 V-PAP-NSM φειδομενως 5340 ADV φειδομενως 5340 ADV και 2532 CONJ θερισει 2325 5692 V-FAI-3S και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM σπειρων 4687 5723 V-PAP-NSM επ 1909 PREP ευλογιαις 2129 N-DPF επ 1909 PREP ευλογιαις 2129 N-DPF και 2532 CONJ θερισει 2325 5692 V-FAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
6. Bountifully (ep eulogiaiv). Lit., with blessings. Compare 1 Corinthians ix. 10, "plow in hope (ep elpidi)."
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:6 {Sparingly} (feidomenws). Late and rare adverb made from the present middle participle feidomenos from feidomai, to spare. It occurs in Plutarch (Alex. 25).
