Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
"Take care not to be doing your charitable giving before men, so as to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have not a reward from your Father in heaven.
Because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?--
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth,
having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit which is increasing to your account.
And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, as indeed we also do toward you,
For indeed you do so toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you increase more and more,