2 Corinthians 9:3

2 Corinthians 9:3

Administering the Gift

1 Now concerning ^athe ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

2 for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a ^ayear ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.

3 ^aYet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready;

4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this¹ confident boasting.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to¹ exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a² grudging obligation.

The Cheerful Giver

6 ^aBut this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows¹ bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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have I sent—we should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived.

the brethren— (II Corinthians 8:18, II Corinthians 8:22) —Titus and the two others.

should be in vain in this behalf—"should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (II Corinthians 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition.

as I said—as I was saying (II Corinthians 9:2).

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