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2 Corinthians 9:2

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For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.

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While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.

“After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.

You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord’s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:

I had boasted to him about you, and you have not embarrassed me. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true as well.

I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.

And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.

Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.

Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,




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