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2 Corinthians 9:2

New American Bible - revised edition

for I know your eagerness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

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But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him to the tribunal,

After many years, I came to bring alms for my nation and offerings.

For Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make some contribution for the poor among the holy ones in Jerusalem;

I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas is the firstfruits of Achaia and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the holy ones—

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia:

For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. No, just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.

I have great confidence in you, I have great pride in you; I am filled with encouragement, I am overflowing with joy all the more because of all our affliction. Paul’s Joy in Macedonia.

And I am giving counsel in this matter, for it is appropriate for you who began not only to act but to act willingly last year:

complete it now, so that your eager willingness may be matched by your completion of it out of what you have.

And not only that, but he has also been appointed our traveling companion by the churches in this gracious work administered by us for the glory of the Lord [himself] and for the expression of our eagerness.

So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to them.

I say this not by way of command, but to test the genuineness of your love by your concern for others.

so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.




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