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2 Corinthians 9:1

New International Reader's Version

I don’t need to write to you about giving to the Lord’s people.

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Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said. So she sent for her younger son Jacob. She said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to get back at you by killing you.

The king of Judah sent you to ask the Lord for advice. Tell him, ‘The Lord is the God of Israel. He has a message for you about the things you heard. He says,

We can’t reach up to the Mighty One. He is lifted high because of his power. Everything he does is fair and right. So he doesn’t crush people.

My heart is full of beautiful words as I say my poem for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

What about the dead rising? Haven’t you read what God said to you?

“I was away for several years. Then I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for those who were poor. I also came to offer sacrifices.

As far as the good news is concerned, the people of Israel are enemies. This is for your good. But as far as God’s choice is concerned, the people of Israel are loved. This is because of God’s promises to the founders of our nation.

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes.

Pray that I will be kept safe from those in Judea who do not believe. I am taking the offering to Jerusalem. Pray that it will be welcomed by the Lord’s people there.

They asked only one thing. They wanted us to continue to remember poor people. That was what I had wanted to do all along.

So when we can do good to everyone, let us do it. Let’s try even harder to do good to the family of believers.

Brothers and sisters, we don’t have to write to you about times and dates.

But you have received the Holy Spirit from God. He continues to live in you. So you don’t need anyone to teach you. God’s Spirit teaches you about everything. What he says is true. He doesn’t lie. Remain joined to Christ, just as you have been taught by the Spirit.

And remember what we talked about. Remember that the Lord is a witness between you and me forever.”




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