2 Corinthians 9:5

2 Corinthians 9:5

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.

7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^anot grudgingly or of necessity; for ^bGod loves a cheerful giver.

8 ^aAnd God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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that they would go before—Translate, "that they should," etc.

whereof ye had notice before—rather, "promised before"; "long announced by me to the Macedonians" (II Corinthians 9:2) [BENGEL]. "Your promised bounty" [ELLICOTT and others].

not as of covetousness—Translate, "not as matter of covetousness," which it would be, if you gave niggardly.

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