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2 Corinthians 9:2

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I know how willing you are to help, and I brag about you to the believers in the province of Macedonia. I tell them, “The people of Greece have been ready ⌞to send their collection⌟ since last year,” and your enthusiasm has moved most of them ⌞to act⌟.

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I’m giving you my opinion because it will be helpful to you. Last year you were not only willing ⌞to take a collection⌟ but had already started to do it.

I’m not commanding you, but I’m testing how genuine your love is by pointing out the dedication of others.

So give these men a demonstration of your love. Show their congregations that we were right to be proud of you.

We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things.

You know that the family of Stephanas was the first family to be won ⌞for Christ⌟ in Greece. This family has devoted itself to serving God’s people. So I encourage you, brothers and sisters,

This way, you became a model for all the believers in the province of Macedonia and Greece.

More than that, the churches elected him to travel with us and bring this gift of God’s kindness. We are administering it in a way that brings glory to the Lord and shows that we are doing it willingly.

I have great confidence in you, and I have a lot of reasons to be proud of you. Even as we suffer, I’m encouraged and feel very happy.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and from Timothy our brother. To God’s church in the city of Corinth and to all God’s holy people everywhere in Greece.

While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews had one thought in mind. They attacked Paul and brought him to court.

After many years I have come back to my people and brought gifts for the poor and offerings ⌞for God⌟.

Because the believers in Macedonia and Greece owe a debt to the Christians in Jerusalem, they have decided to take up a collection for the poor among the Christians in Jerusalem.

I didn’t have to be ashamed of anything I had said to him when I bragged about you. Since everything we told you was true, our bragging to Titus has also proved to be true.

So finish what you began to do. Then your willingness will be matched by what you accomplish




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